4 comfort songs for your first day by Kanokwan T. '25

The first day of classes is tomorrow. I can’t believe it.⁠01 like, of course i technically can, but... what??? summer flew by

The past few days have been the shortest window I’ve ever had between the end of my summer commitments and the start of the school year, so I’ve been very precious with preserving my energy. Even then, I’m not particularly stressed about day 1 of my senior year.

I was, however, feeling lots of emotions for day 1 of my freshman year. Thoughts ran like mad in my head. Nerves tightened. I couldn’t quite get myself to bed.

The first day of anything can always feel a bit stressful—but that must accompany excitement.

When I’m wrapped up in feelings, I turn to two things: silence and song.

Moments of laying down on my bed, looking at the ceiling, breathing in and out.

Moments of sitting reclined in my rolling chair, talking with myself to work through some thoughts.

Moments of dilly dallying on my phone while songs flood the space.

Moments of dancing alone in my room to some tunes.

Here are 4 songs for you, with some of my favorite lyric excepts:

Back To Life by Soul II Soul & Caron Wheeler

tbh i mostly listen to this one for the sound and general vibe than the lyrics

Back to life, back to reality

[..]

Back to the here and now

Pieces Of The People We Love by The Rapture

And our future’s looking bright
In all the little pieces of the people that we keep inside
Cause you can do-make-say-think-laugh-sing-drink all night
All the little visions all the little moments that we keep inside

Reasons by Madelyn Grant

All I wanna do is fly
Why should I stick around?
With my feet on the ground
All I wanna do is fly away
‘Cause I’m trying to find the reasons

Didn’t Cha Know by Erykah Badu

I’m trying to decide
Which way to go
Think I made a wrong turn back there somewhere

[..]

Time to save the world
Where in the world is all the time?
So many things I still don’t know
So many times I’ve changed my mind
Guess I was born to make mistakes
But I ain’t scared to take the weight
So when I stumble off the path
I know my heart will guide me back

[…]

Take a ride of life with me
Free your mind and find your way
There will be a brighter day

Have a wonderful first day.