From Here On Out by The Killers
Notes
I first heard From Here on Out in a hotel room in The Greatest City In the World, immediately after the events of Cleaver City in, The Tech Drama. I was there to support the roll-out of my product, Radiology Dialect, which had won the business of a pair of world renowned medical centers by showing our commitment to constantly improve.
I related to the song on first listen. Brandon Flowers’ enunciation makes the lyrics are clear and unmistakable. In my Metanoia, I was certain the song had just been released and it was written about me. As a matter of fact, it had been released in 2012, before the events of The Tech Drama, which begins in 2015. Part of my mind, the crazy part, searched for the technical ways they would have made the song and the album look like it was older than it was to throw me off, to pretend that it wasn’t about me. But I was certain it was about me and my experiences.
The non-crazy part of my mind simply…
related.
I had also known someone who had told a story by omitting half the detail and it had shaken me. And I had seen the truth in the story. And I hadn’t seen any way to fill in the omissions. Without the full story though, it was a lie. The song has an uplifting ending: anger, but also acceptance and personal growth.
It’s what I needed at the time.
It took me another decade to finally complete The Tech Drama, to tell essential parts of the story. I hope you:
relate.