Song: Save Me
Album: The Game
Performer: Queen
Writer: Brian May
Year: 1980

“I hang my head and I advertise
A soul for sale or rent
I have no heart, I’m cold inside
I have no real intent”

That’s how my senior year of college felt and the feeling bled into the first 6 months or so of post-grad life. Honestly, I’m still climbing out of that hole but I’m glad that I feel somewhat disconnected to the version of myself who was listening to this song in July of 2016. I think I really latched onto the lyric at the end of the chorus in this song

“I’m naked and I’m far from home”

That’s how living in a city 431 miles from your hometown can feel. Especially when You’re not content with your job, not good at making friends and have damagingly low levels of self-esteem. I still feel this way, probably more frequently than I should, but I’m glad that it’s not a constant state of being anymore. That shadow is getting smaller.