Well, today is Australia Day, so I figured I'd offer something by an Australian artist. As lead vocalist and primary songwriter with Men at Work, Colin Hay is responsible for that most Australian of songs, 'Down Under'. I really, really didn't want to have that on A Tune A Day, so, instead, I've gone with one of Mr. Hay's solo efforts, 'Waiting For My Real Life To Begin'. I'm never sure whether every word of a song title should be capitalised, hmm. I think I first heard this on Scrubs, and it really is an excellent song. Hay has written some intelligent, passionate songs in his lengthy career, and 'Waiting For My Real Life...' is one of these. He expresses a real awareness of time in the lyrics and I interpret it in different ways at different times. I don't know if Hay intended for the song to carry the depth I feel within it, but that's the beauty of all art, isn't it? In 'Waiting For My Real Life To Begin', I sometimes hear it as someone being misinterpreted by those close to them, other times I hear it as someone resigned to their fate. I may even hear a fantastical fatalist, expecting something to come from nowhere, and represent their 'plan', providing them with answers. I think we can all associate with the themes of the song; at least, I think we can all interpret them in a way that's true to us.
Forget about the past, your mask is wearing thin...
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