When the cast of Glee scored a top five hit with their cover of the Journey classic "Don't Stop Believing" last week, I was not at all surprised. If you saw the premiere episode of the new FOX comedy, you witnessed the joyous performance of a motley crew of glee club members, starting with an a capella riff on the signature opening and ending with choir of vocals, guitars ablaze and horn section blowing up. It's a perfectly radiant song, and that's exactly what the world needs right now - or at least that's what 177,000 iTunes purchases would imply.
It's not just the pure shining happiness that beams off of the faces and vocals of the young ensemble that gives me a hopeful feeling. In this day of economic turmoil, the lyrics speak to the everyman down on his luck, or living in fear of this next paycheck being her last. The story of a small town girl, livin' in a lonely world and a city boy who "for a smile" can share the night is exactly our story. We are all streetlight people, living just to find emotion and working hard to get our fill.
In an age when there have been civil rights setbacks on the marriage equality front, we need reminded - don't stop believing. On a day when our retirements funds suddenly disappear, we need told again - don't stop believing. When we wake up to find planes are still crashing - don't stop believing. In that moment when you think everybody else has finally found love in this crazy world but you, I tell you the movie never ends, it goes on and on and on and on.
Don't stop believing. Without a shred of evidence to support this, I have managed to convince myself to believe everything will be OK. My job will not be in jeopardy, I will have enough money in the bank, I will find love. And you know what, it's working. Don't stop believing and hold on to that feeling, streetlight people...
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