By: Gabriela Yareliz
They say you can tell a lot about a person based on the music they like. Here is a nugget about me—
I loved Switchfoot after they were heavily featured in A Walk To Remember, so it has been about 23 years of loving their music. No song of theirs hits as hard for me as “Dare You To Move.” I internalized the lyrics to that song like they were a personal philosophy.
/Welcome to the planet
Welcome to existence
Everyone’s here
Everybody’s watching you now
Everybody waits for you now
What happens next?
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened before/
The song found me again recently when I heard a recent cover by Adam Doleac, and it took me back. It’s one of those songs that finds you raw and cuts you open.
If you are having a tough day, or you are in a tough season— this one goes out to you. 🤍
And of course, the emotional original:
And as a bonus, my second favorite Switchfoot song, “Needle and Haystack Life.” Agh. Chills. Nothing hits like nostalgia.
Blast it.
/Breathe it in, the highs and lows. WE CALL IT LIVING/
GABRIELA YARELIZ 