Stop This Train

...And Now I'm Sad

Stop This Train by John Mayer

"Love the message and adore the messenger 😉"

This song is, like, deceptively soothing. The guitar is just ambling along, and John Mayer's voice is super smooth and relaxed. But the lyrics are beyond thoughtful - they're kind of distressing.

The message is something that everyone can relate to, since we're all on this train together. We can't stop it or go back or even slow it down. But it's particularly poignant to me right now as I approach the end of my college career. 

Any big change, I guess, is going to make you reflect on your life: where you're going, where you've been. Where you stand in the Continuum. Mayer said of this album, "I'm obsessed with time lately." (x)

I wish I'd known about this song the summer before college because I had a lot of the same thoughts. Like...what am I doing here? Do I just study then get a job then die? It's easy to get overwhelmed if you think about it too much. I just can't sleep on this tonight.

The point of this song where I lose it: Don't know how else to say it: don't wanna see my parents go.

It's inevitable that you're going to see people you love leave this world. If you dwell on that for too long it's enough to make you say Stop this train. I wanna get off and go home again.

Whatever home is for you.

Your first place out of college, that apartment where you lived with all your closest friends. Your grandma's house, where there was always hot chocolate. Your childhood home, where your room was powder blue and covered in posters.

But you can't ever go back.

It's really sad, you know? Or at least unsettling. And I'm glad there's a section where we hear an older person who's has all these thoughts say, basically, "Hey, it's okay."

'Cause now I see I'll never stop this train.

Overview:

Genre:
Blues Rock

Favorite Lyrics:
So scared of getting older,
I'm only good at being young.

Verdict:
Sad but soothing