CHILDHOOD by blink-182 - by Matthew Josten
**Please note: This song has explicit language**
I have a tendency of living in my head and overthinking everything. I do a lot of analytical thinking at work and this carries over to how I live my life. I like to have all of the information before I make a decision. I like to understand the nuances of a theological concept. I love documentaries and podcasts about all sorts of weird subjects. There’s nothing wrong with any of this, though I’ve noticed that it has a tendency to deprive me of the simple joys in life.
Remember when we were young
And we'd laugh at everything?
Got caught up in a world
That forgot how to dream
I don’t have any kids, but when I see my nephews and niece running around and playing, I realize how free and impulsive they are. They dream big and don’t think about constraints. They are fully in the moment and experiencing life with fresh eyes.
I also treat my faith as an intellectual exercise more than I would like to admit. Knowledge and understanding theology is important, but it isn’t what the Christian experience is all about. Living in my head and feeling like I needed to have all of the answers is how I ended up leaving Christianity after college. God is bigger and more wild than any book or sermon can encapsulate.
I need songs like this to remind me to not take life quite as seriously. Laugh a little more. Run around and dream without my self-imposed constraints. Stop making God into something I can intellectualize and control. Live life a little more like a child.
Sorry this post came out later than normal. I had the wrong day on my calendar, so I didn’t have it ready for our usual 8:00 am drop.
I see signs up in the sky, disappear before my eyes
Woah-oh, woah-oh
Guess we're all desensitized, forgot the meaning of our lives
Woah-oh, woah-oh
What’s going on with me? Everybody seems
So lost, I wanna leave
2023, who the — are we?
Remember when we were young
And we'd laugh at everything?
Got caught up in a world
That forgot how to dream
I'd never thought we’d end up here
We're back in time, to the best years
Remember when we were young?
We thought we knew everything
Where did our childhood go?
I wanna know
Where did our childhood go?
I wanna know
We just need some time away, take me back to yesterday
Woah-oh, woah-oh
Why is everyone afraid to be themselves, not imitate?
Woah-oh, woah-oh
What's going on with me? Everybody seems
So lost, I wanna leave
2023, who the — are we?
Remember when we were young
And we'd laugh at everything?
Got caught up in a world
That forgot how to dream
I'd never thought we'd end up here
We're back in time, to the best years
Remember when we were young?
We thought we knew everything
Where did our childhood go?
I wanna know
Where did our childhood go?
I wanna know
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