10 Best Songs About Becoming An Adult
5. Changes - David Bowie
The idea of change is not something everybody is necessarily equipped for. While you might be comfortable in your everyday life, you're never safe from something coming in to change the balance of what's going on. It's not an easy thing to deal with, but David Bowie gave us the guidebook on how to get over your normal surroundings.
Being an artistic freak of nature, Bowie's "Changes" is practically his unofficial anthem, with his entire career being a series of artistic reinventions from one song to the next. However, the song works best when looking at it through the lens of a young rocker. As Bowie sets the scene, he talks about how even though things might be going fine right now, you'll never catch a glimpse of your full self. Even with something as youthful as rock and roll, Bowie doesn't pull any punches when he says that "pretty soon you're gonna get older."
More than just a typical coming of age song, Bowie's perspective on the passage of time makes it feel like something that should be celebrated rather than dreaded. Being a staple of Bowie's setlist up until his final hours, "Changes" is a perfect example of how to face the passage of time not with fear, but with bravery. You are going to get older, so why not face it head on?