Issues With Relationships

Even though relationships are demonstrated through movies and television, relationships can also be shown through music. One of my favorite songs, I’m Moving On by Rascal Flatts, perfectly demonstrates a failed relationship. The lyrics are telling a story about how someone in a relationship is finally realizing that they need to move on and leave behind what they have known their entire life. I believe that a lot of people can relate to this song because it portrays how someone might feel after leaving behind a failed marriage or any kind of relationship, even one between friends. When I thought about this song, I thought it was a good fit to the way Nora Helmer might have been feeling at the end of the play. There is one line in the song that I believe relates to Nora:

I've been burdened with blame, trapped in the past for too long

I'm moving on.

This line relates because Nora was tired of living in the past and dwelling on the lie she had kept in for her entire marriage. Although she had felt upset about the lie, she was relieved to finally get it out because she was able to see the real Torvald and who he really was. By Torvald reacting the way he did, Nora felt like she was married to a stranger and she wanted to leave and be able to find herself. Nora wanted to move on and live her own life without burden, like the person being described by the song. 

I'm Moving On by Rascal Flatts

I've dealt with my ghosts and I've faced all my demons

Finally content with a past I regret

I've found you find strength in your moments of weakness

For once I'm at peace with myself

I've been burdened with blame, trapped in the past for too long

I'm moving on

I've lived in this place and I know all the faces

Each one is different but they're always the same

They mean me no harm but it's time that I face it

They'll never allow me to change

But I never dreamed home would end up where I don't belong

I'm moving on

I'm moving on

At last I can see life has been patiently waiting for me

And I know there’s no guarantee, but I'm not alone

There comes a time in everyone's life

When all you can see are the years passing by

And I have made up my mind that those days are gone

I sold what I could and packed what I couldn't

Stopped to fill up on my way out of town

I've loved like I should but lived like I shouldn't

I had to lose everything to find out

Maybe forgiveness will find me somewhere down this road

I'm moving on

I'm moving on

I'm moving on