Our Personal Wars

After reading Trey's post where he analyzed a song regarding a person's personal wars, I was immediately reminded of the song "Never Too Late" by Three Days Grace. Here are the lyrics for reference:

This world will never be
What I expected
And if I don't belong
Who would have guessed it
I will not leave alone
Everything that I own
To make you feel like it's not too late
It's never too late

Even if I say
It'll be alright
Still I hear you say
You want to end your life
Now and again we try
To just stay alive
Maybe we'll turn it around
'Cause it's not too late
It's never too late

No one will ever see
This side reflected
And if there's something wrong
Who would have guessed it
And I have left alone
Everything that I own
To make you feel like
It's not too late
It's never too late

Even if I say
It'll be alright
Still I hear you say
You want to end your life
Now and again we try
To just stay alive
Maybe we'll turn it around
'Cause it's not too late
It's never too late

The world we knew
Won't come back
The time we've lost
Can't get back
The life we had
Won't be ours again

This world will never be
What I expected
And if I don't belong

Even if I say
It'll be alright
Still I hear you say
You want to end your life
Now and again we try
To just stay alive
Maybe we'll turn it around
'Cause it's not too late
It's never too late
Maybe we'll turn it around
'Cause it's not too late
It's never too late (It's never too late)
It's not too late
It's never too late

The music video is here and I would recommend watching it because it kind of shows what the song is trying to say.

Throughout the song, the artist is trying to convince someone else not to kill themselves just because their life changed. He tries to reassure this person by saying things will get better and it's never too late to change things.

Basically, the song is talking about how our lives change and will always change. They might change for the worse or they might just not be how we wanted them to be. But no matter what happens, things have a way of working themselves out, so don't focus on the negatives and let them affect you. It's also saying it's never too late to change. It's never too late to change the direction in your life, to change your attitude about different things, and to change your mind about harming yourself.

The artist goes in depth about our own personal wars deep inside. In this instance the artist is talking about the effects of having a life you did not want. The war inside this person is trying to decide if the life they are living is worth it anymore, or if they should just end it. The artist tries to convince them that it's not too late to change and things will be alright. He strikes a hopeful tone with the person saying their lives will turn around and things will get better because it's not too late.

I agree with the message of this song-you can always change a negative aspect of your life. Whether that means adopting a new attitude towards a subject, picking a different direction to head into, or trying to find the positives in a situation, things CAN get better and it is never too late to change them. This song reminds me of Junior year in high school. My friends and I were having trouble adjusting to our insane workload (thanks to AP classes) and balancing that with clubs and our social lives. There were times where we just wanted to give up and just quit our clubs or take a day off school. But instead we just knuckled down, decided life could be worse, and just focused on the positive and fun aspects of that year. Because we changed our attitude, our Junior year turned out to be one of the most fun and challenging years ever, and we all became closer as friends because we stuck together and got through the year.