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Time.In the dictionary it described as:the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.at school we all tend to get busy and loose track of time.As I find doing what I always do in school going from class to class it's always hard for me to keep my attention to something,but for the last week or so while I have been looking forward to graduation and getting out of here I keep hearing the words for 'landslide' repeat in my head.As as hard as I try I can't seem to brush them away.They just keep repeating and repeating like some broken record.Finally I sat down and listened to them and tried to see what they really meant to me.What is it about those lyrics that can mean so much to me and the passage of time?The song,as I've know it by Fleetwood Mac, is about all the questions that arise when a person is growing up.Can I handle everything that the world throws at me? Can I weather all of this change that will always keep rolling or should I lock it all away for that I can stop from being hurt? "Well, Ive been afraid of changing cause Ive built my life around you,But time makes you bolder,Children get older,I'm getting older too"(Landslide) is a part of the lyrics that really sticks out to me.As a senior I find it so hard that time has marched on at such a quick pace.What I find so wrong about it though is that fact that as a senior there is so much less pressure on a person to succeed.It's like the whole school just gets off our backs for once and we're just us. With nothing really to turn to for support.We are adults for the first time and that can be scary for all of us.This song just sums up so much for me and about school and growing up.With all of the consolers on all of the students about jobs,GPA,and being the best that we can be,not only for ourselves but for they look good as well. Where do we find the time to learn about ourselves? To be able to see the changing times that this song talks about?How can a person be bolder as they get older if they have they're entire support system leave them in one of the most stressful parts of there lives?In the end,as time keeps picking up pace will we ever be able to see ourselves in the snow covered hills before the landslide or will it just go unoticed and brought down before we can really shine?




I took my love, I took it down
Climbed a mountain and I turned around
I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
till the landslide brought me down

Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love
Can the child within my heart rise above
Can I sail thru the changing ocean tides
Can I handle the seasons of my life

Well, Ive been afraid of changing
cause Ive built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Children get older
Im getting older too

Oh, take my love, take it down
Climb a mountain and turn around
If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well the landslide will bring it down