Day 47 - I Can’t Hold Back (Survivor)

I am not sure how to categorize the music of eighties band Survivor. What I do know is that, while their moment was happening, my cousin and I were obsessed with them. I Can’t Hold Back is sort of a rock ballad, a love song that, when you listen to the words, is pretty overtly sexual. But that’s not what this song means to me. I listen to the beautiful tenor of singer Jimi Jamison‘s voice, and I am instantly transported to being the boy who lived in Aurora’s basement, all full of wonder and worry and hope. I had so much hope, but also too much self-doubt and fear. I could have been the next Stephen King or Paul Levitz. I certainly had the talent. Here’s the boy who really never followed his dreams, the boy who let life take control instead of taking control of life.