Through Me (The Flood) by Hozier
“Try measure loss, measure the silence of a house
The unheard footsteps at the doorway, the unemployment of the mouth
The waking up, having forgotten and remembering again
The full extent of what forever is”
By far, my favorite part of the song Through Me (The Flood) by Hozier is the lyrics, “The waking up, having forgotten and remembering again/ The full extent of what forever is.”
It’s so beautiful to me. It’s a perfect reminder that life extends even when it seems like it’s done. That death is not the end and we will all live on.
Sometimes I listen to this song in the mornings on my drive to work and I fully relate to “waking up, having forgotten… what forever is.” And this song is the reason that I remember it again. What a way that is to start the day, remembering that you will never run out of chances to be who you want to be.
For those of you who don’t know, I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. And we believe that we will all live on after death. Forever. We are all immortal beings and are simply on earth to learn and to grow. Death is just how we move on to the next stage of life.
One of my favorite sayings is ‘you live and you learn’ because it is so true. There is nothing we can do except for living and learning. I especially like this quote when it is applied to making a mistake. It says to not worry. That life will keep going when you make a mistake. And you will learn from it. You will get better. It is like when you fell and scraped your knee as a kid. You live on, and have learned one way that things can end up in you scraping your knee so you can be more likely to avoid it in the future.
That aside, I also like how the song points out trying to comprehend the extent of what forever is. Forever is a LONG time. It’s literally forever. It never ends. It’s like a circle with no beginning or end. Or two mirrors facing each other which reflect each other forever.
I feel blessed and privileged to be a being that will never end, and am glad to share the world with similar beings!
I hope this post gave you a little reminder of what forever is! ❤
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