The first of these songs is Strength To Endure by The Ramones. This song was on the 1992 release Mondo Bizarro, and probably the most underrated albums by them. It was written by Dee Dee Ramone but sung by CJ. I believe that I read once that this song is about a boxer, but I could be wrong. Knowing that it was written by Dee Dee, it sounds like he's convincing himself to hang on. Unfortunately, he didn't make it, but this still reminds me to keep going. We all forget how incredibly strong we are. I know I do. We all have this inner thing, and I call it a thing because I can't think of any other word for it. It's not really a drive, but a push, to keep going for as long as we can, no matter what, for reasons often unknown. Is it to prove to someone wrong? To prove to those who beat you down that you are a champion? Now, you may not become a doctor or a famous actor, but you didn't succumb to the sadness that life sometimes hands you. People try to determine your destiny with negativity but it's what you do with that matters. And this song is, to me, an anthem to carry you through it.
Going hand in hand with endurance is hope. Hope that Things Can Only Get Better. Howard Jones asks if you're scared and admits that he is too. It's a little reminder that it's ok to be scared while you are going through whatever it is, because in the end it will be ok. That at some point, which may feel like an eternity, you will prevail in the end.
Endurance, hope, and help. We always forget this last one. It's so easy to think no one cares. Or that we have to keep taking the hits without another person to lean on. There is someone, somewhere that gives a shit. It's easy to feel alone, I can feel alone in a crowd. But we all have that someone that refuses to let us fall.
One of my friends said that she hasn't felt this morose about a celebrity death in a long time, in regard to Robin Williams. I think the last one for me was Ronnie James Dio. We all get reminiscent about a famous persons body of work when they pass on. We think about how we will not be entertained by this person anymore. But it's easy to forget the family and other loved ones of the person. So here's to his children. From a person who has lost both parents, it's rough, for a long time, but it does eventually get easier. His tragic death is a reminder that this doesn't have to be the way. There is always a solution. You just have to keep going to find it.
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