After listening to Rihanna's song "Work", my friends and I started laughing about how it accurately described our college life. I put some consideration into it, and I realized there are a lot of songs out there that (sadly but hilariously) describe our lives as college students, ESPECIALLY during the spring semester slump. Listed below are some of the ones I found to be amusingly accurate.
1. Work – Rihanna
(For college, in every sense of the word)
“Work, work, work, work, work, work”
2. The Lazy Song – Bruno Mars
(For your first thought of the day)
“Today I don't feel like doing anything
I just wanna lay in my bed
'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything
No I ain't gonna comb my hair
'Cause I ain't goin' anywhere”
3. Under Pressure – Queen and David Bowie
(For finals week)
“Insanity laughs under pressure, we're cracking”
4. With A Little Help From My Friends – The Beatles
(For finding comfort in friendship when you can't do it alone)
“Oh I get by with a little help from my friends
Mm I get high with a little help from my friends
Oh I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends”
5. I Need A Dollar – Aloe Blacc
(For when you're broke... all the time)
“I need a dollar dollar, a dollar is what I need
Hey hey
Well I need a dollar dollar, a dollar is what I need
Hey hey
And I said I need dollar dollar, a dollar is what I need”
6. All By Myself – Celine Deon
(For when you're trying to make plans with your friends who actually have social lives)
“Livin' alone
I think of all the friends I've known
When I dial the telephone
Nobody's home”
7. What Do You Mean – Justin Bieber
(For all the professors out there)
"Ohh I really want to know…
What do you mean?"
(And then when you actually ask them what they mean and they explain and they ask if you understand now)
"When you nod your head yes
But you wanna say no
What do you mean?"
8. Never Gonna Leave This Bed – Maroon 5
(For the 5 minutes before your 8 a.m.)
“I will never walk away again
I'm never gonna leave this bed, oh”
9. Time To Pretend – MGMT
(When people ask what we're doing with our lives and we have no idea)
“Yeah it's overwhelming, but what else can we do?
We were fated to pretend.”
10. Shake It Off – Taylor Swift
(For pulling those all nighters in the library)
“I stay up too late, got nothing in my brain"
11. One More Cup Of Coffee – Bob Dylan
(For when you think you can get through the day on three hours ofsleep)
“One more cup of coffee for the road
One more cup of coffee 'fore I go.”
12. Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots
(For when we arenostalgic and want life to be easier)
“Wish we could turn back time, to the good ol’ days,
When our momma sang us to sleep but now we’re stressed out.”
13. White Blank Page – Mumford and Sons
(For every paper you've ever started)
“A white blank page and a swelling rage, rage”
14. Nobody’s Perfect – Hannah Montana
(For when your professors give you assignments back and tell you it's all done wrong)
"I gotta work it!
Again and again 'til I get it right”
15. The Struggle – 10th Avenue North
(Again, for college. In every way.)
“Hallelujah
We are free to struggle”
While these song titles and lyrics describe college fairly well (at least for me), I find joy in knowing that there's only few more short weeks until summer. Which entitles me to add in the honorary sixteenth song,
16. I Will Survive
(For hope)
"I, I, I will survive"
Keep your head up folks! We're so close to summer!
