Here And Now - Kenny Chesney

The Experience: Better get to livin', 'cause all we've got is here and now... YOLO...

The Vibe: Nostalgia vs. Excitement.
The Topic: Happiness.

The Value: Happiness.

The Tension: Waitin' for what? (the hope for something better) VS. Better get to livin' (Live it up now).

Music video: Performance video.

The Meaning of Here And Now: Kenny Chesney sees people sad today because they're dreamy for tomorrow. His solution? YOLO. Live now: my favorite place to be is here and now. Don't worry about the past you leave behind or the future you're headed towards. That's attractive. But the dream starts to where thin when Kenny starts talking relationships: yeah, I left a few tears in the rear view one or two that were hard to forget, why you think we call the present the present? 'cause there ain't no better gift than here and now.  Do we really want as many loves as there are days in a year? Or do we yearn for happiness that lasts.

Ask yourself: Is happiness here and now worth abandoning your past and sacrificing your future? Are we more than here and now?

Album: Here And Now (2020)

LYRICS:

Seen the skyline in New York City

Fireflies in Tennessee

Sipped a little shine from a paper sack that'll

Knock the horns off a Cadillac

I must've sat on a dozen islands

Watched the sun sink into the sea

Been there, done that, got the t-shirt and hat

But my favorite place to be is

Here and now

Nowhere else in this world enough

You and me, ain't it good to be alive?

Ain't no better place, ain't no better time than

Here and now

Everybody's waitin', but they're waiting on what?

Better get to livin', 'cause all we've got is

Here and now

Think I fell in love for the first time

With a girl from Mexico

Thought I found a true love in Malibu but

That water was a little too cold

Yeah, I left a few tears in the rear view

One or two that were hard to forget

Why you think we call the present the present?

'Cause there ain't no better gift than

Here and now

Nowhere else in this world tonight

You and me, ain't it good to be alive?

Ain't no better place, ain't no better time than

Here and now

Everybody's waitin', but they're waiting on what?

Better get to livin', 'cause all we've got is

Here and now

A lotta people dreaming 'bout one-day-some-days

Waiting just around the bend (Waiting just around the bend)

I used to be one wonderin' when they'd come

But now I'm livin' in (But now I'm livin' in)

Here and now

Yeah, I'm livin' in the

Here and now

Nowhere else in this world tonight

You and me, ain't it good to be alive?

Ain't no better place, ain't no better time than

Here and now

Everybody's waitin', but they're waiting on what?

Better get to livin', 'cause all we've got is

Here and now

review by Benjamin O'Loughlin