TwentySomething

TwentySomething

by Jamie Cullem

After years of expensive education,
a car full of books and anticipation,
I’m an expert on Shakespeare and that’s a hell of a lot
but the world don't need scholars as much as I thought.

Maybe I'll go travelling for a year,
finding myself or start a career.
I could work for the poor though I’m hungry for fame
we all seem so different but we're just the same.

Maybe I'll go to the gym, so I don't get fat,
aren't things more easy with a tight six pack?
Who knows the answers? Who do you trust?
I can't even separate love from lust.

Maybe I’ll move back home and pay off my loans,
working nine to five answering phones.
Don't make me live for my friday nights,
drinking eight pints and getting in fights.

I don't want to get up, just let me lie in,
leave me alone, I'm a twenty something.

Maybe I'll just fall in love that could solve it all,
philosophers say that that’s enough,
there surely must be more. Ooooh

Love ain’t the answer nor is work,
the truth eludes me so much it hurts.
But I’m still having fun and I guess that's the key,
I'm a twenty something and I'll keep being me.

doh dah duh dah, do duh dah dah dah
doh dah duh dah, do duh dah dah dah
doh dah duh dah, do duh dah dah dah
doh dah duh dah, do duh dah dah dah

I’m a twenty something.
Let me lie in, Leave me alone.
I’m a twenty something.

doh dah duh dah, do duh dah dah dah
doh dah duh dah, do duh dah dah dah
doh dah duh dah, do duh dah dah dah
doh dah duh dah, do duh dah dah dah

I heard this song a few years ago, and right away I really dug it. At that point it had more to do with the jazz music, but lately it's the lyrics that really seem to resonate with me. I'm 25 years old, completing my senior year at Mason Gross. I'm working as a graphic designer at Rutgers Student Life, and trying to keep up with my senior-level classes and my Thesis. I spend pretty much all my time thinking about, planning, and preparing for my future. Where will I go? What will I do? Who will I be a year from now, not just as a person, but as an artist or designer? I guess this song to me is about self-reflection, and the different paths leading to the realization of who you are. When I listen to it, I find myself thinking about my past, present, and future. What have I been through that led to me to who I am now, and how will the things I'm doing now effect who I will be later?