My Gen X Playlist: Don’t Look Back in Anger – Oasis

Fate, God or Karma have a funny way of throwing things down along my path. I read today’s prompt and thought, “Really?” I wondered if this really was a coincidence.

Recently, I made the choice to leave my company. Burnout had been effecting both my mental and physical health and I needed time to separate and heal. Burnout can be rather toxic if left untreated and I had to make the decision to put my health first. However, as I tend to my health, one area that I have been grappling with is anger towards my former company. I know I need to move past this and let it go at some point. I just haven’t wanted to – not just yet, at least. The emotions and feelings are still too raw and real, but everything eventually has a shelf life and must come to an end. The thought of putting it in my rear view mirror just hasn’t been top of mind lately. Today’s daily prompt may be giving me that slight nudge to move forward in another direction.

Don’t Look Back in Anger by Oasis seems the perfect song to add to the playlist. The theme of letting go and moving forward is the perfect match for today’s daily prompt and my own personal journey. Two birds with one stone. It takes a lot to hold on to something toxic and even more to let it go. Let’s see if I muster the strength to take aim and throw.

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Slip inside the eye of your mind
Don't you know you might find
A better place to play?
You said that you'd never been
But all the things that you've seen
Slowly fade away

So I start a revolution from my bed
'Cause you said the brains I had went to my head
Step outside, summertime's in bloom
Stand up beside the fireplace
Take that look from off your face
You ain't ever gonna burn my heart out

And so, Sally can wait
She knows it's too late as we're walking on by
Her soul slides away
But don't look back in anger, I heard you say

Take me to the place where you go
Where nobody knows if it's night or day
Please don't put your life in the hands
Of a rock 'n' roll band
Who'll throw it all away

I'm gonna start a revolution from my bed
'Cause you said the brains I had went to my head
Step outside, 'cause summertime's in bloom
Stand up beside the fireplace
Take that look from off your face
'Cause you ain't ever gonna burn my heart out

And so, Sally can wait
She knows it's too late as she's walking on by
My soul slides away
But don't look back in anger, I heard you say

So, Sally can wait
She knows it's too late as we're walking on by
Her soul slides away
But don't look back in anger, I heard you say

So, Sally can wait
She knows it's too late as she's walking on by
My soul slides away
But don't look back in anger, don't look back in anger
I heard you say
At least not today