Made with
"Rather Be Me"
I loved this song as soon as I heard it on
BBC Radio. It was so catchy and quirky and sung
in an authentic regional accent. But more than that I
love the lyrics and how they speak to everything we have
painfully learned over the past few years. It landed
in my ears at exactly the right time, and it pretty
much sums up my whole attitude to life. It makes
me feel proud of what I have endured, and continue
to endure, but also came when we had both learnt
how much inner strength we have. I shared it
with B and he immediately loved it too, and
shared it with his followers. And now we play it in the
car, belting out “Death is coming, but not today, today
you’re living it, hey, you’re really feeling it” as we
head through the forest to the beach for our first,
or maybe third, swim of the day. And it always
reminds me of that time when I began to believe
we had really made it, mixed with the realisation that
whether alone or together, I had everything
I’d ever needed right within me.
