"We Were Meant To Live"

My diary page (see yesterday's post) reminds me of a good old fashioned carnival. Living in a small town just outside a big city gives us the benefits of a simple country life with big city living at our fingertips. We have our share of craft fairs, the Big Red Barn Country Folk Art Sale (!) and small, church sponsored carnivals, but we often find ourselves going into the city for our bigger entertainment. The Del Mar Fair (oops-now supposedly called the San Diego County Fair) has just the right amount of old fashioned charm mixed with big city life. We've been to some great headlining concerts at this venue, only to be followed up with a visit down the rows and rows of animals.
Last week, we saw Switchfoot in concert at the fair. I've never been disappointed with one of their shows, even when they were just starting out, playing in a jam-packed room to a bible study in Pacific Beach. Their shows are always energetic and the lyrics, thought-provoking. Here are the lyrics to one of my favorite songs, Meant to Live:

Fumbling his confidence
And wondering why the world has passed him by
Hoping that he's bent for more than arguments
And failed attempts to fly, fly

We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside
Somewhere we live inside
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside

Dreaming about Providence
And whether mice or men have second tries
Maybe we've been livin with our eyes half open
Maybe we're bent and broken, broken

We want more than this world's got to offer
We want more than this world's got to offer
We want more than the wars of our fathers
And everything inside screams for second life, yeah

We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live
We were meant to live