Rise Against - Swing Life Away
I will admit to not being a fan of every Rise Against song, but I do back what the band stands for and more recently have developed a deep respect for singer Tim McIlrath. He was featured in a documentary The Other F Word that your mom and I watched knowing we were having you. His love for his children and desire to provide for them made me a fan. The band as well is active in work for the middle class and that too makes me personally a fan.
Swing Life Away is my personal favorite song and one that is a bit different from most of their other more punk rock work. It is an acoustic track full of hope and for that I wanted you to hear it. There is a contentment in the song with living a full life that isn’t necessarily a life of wealth and a message I will want to pass along to you that you don’t have to be wealthy to be healthy and happy.