Song #31 – Be Awesome
This has become my mantra. This and other concepts like it. The self doubt I’ve gone through during my career as a musician and my experiences socially in the public sphere are over. I’ve decided very deliberately to be my best self at all times, that way, people see the real me and better things continue to happen. I think often we can doubt ourselves because we are afraid of success or afraid that people will pay attention to us… and what if we can’t match up to their expectations of us?? Yikes! That can be intimidating, but I’ve decided that rather than being intimidated by what could or could not happen, I will be who I am, and the people I’m meant to know will be attracted to that self, and the people I’m not meant to know will fall off like dead leaves. It was really hard to take control of my life in this way. I still falter, but I maintain a focus on the idea of really being awesome, owning whatever it is I say or do, really owning it. That’s what this song is about. It’s recorded at Black Dog Studios in Rochester, NY with my tuba player friend, Brett Gobe.
Be Awesome – © ⓟ 2014 Seth Faergolzia, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
When you’re getting in an uncomfortable place
They can all tell by the look on your face
You’re uncomfortable, you feel uncomfortable
Looking at your chin instead of the face in your face
They know you’re not feeling wonderful
Makes ’em uncomfortable
What I’ve got to say is:
Be awesome, be awesome, be true, be true
Just love it, don’t leave it, be you be you be you!
And you’re paranoid, you’re overparanoid
You’re oh so paranoid, you look annoyed
Making such a spectacle
At the festival where you lost your testicle
You were tested and you’re actually acceptable
So get out of the void
Be awesome, be awesome, be true, be true
Just love it, don’t leave it, be you be you be you!
The challenge is your mind
The challenge is your own mind own mind own mind
Cuz when you use your brain
Nothing stays the same
You can get stuck for miles and miles of rain
When you’re getting in an uncomfortable place
Try to think of the look on your face
Make it comfortable, make it comfortable
Be awesome, be awesome, be true, be true
Just love it, don’t leave it, be you be you be you!