I just

heard a song by a band called Switchfoot. After a show in Florida (i think?), Jon Foreman (the lead singer) went out to the parking lot and sang a few songs to a whoever wanted to listen. One of the songs he sang was called Against the Voices.

This song, when I heard it, was very touching to me. It talks all about how there are voices in your head, voices all around, that are trying to convince us to be someone else. They constantly beat at us, from when we wake up, to when we hit the road, everywhere.

He goes on to say that they're not singing, they're just talking, so let them keep talking to themselves.

The chorus is the most poignant part to me, though. He says "Everybody knows the hardest war to fight is the fight to be yourself when the world tries to turn you into someone else."

I would definitely recommend anyone who reads this goes and listens to the song. I'll even give you a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQvbJN1jIs

I hope you enjoy it, and I hope it touches you the same way it touched me.

-Cody