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"Meant to Live" is a single by alternative rock band Switchfoot. It peaked at #5 on the US Modern Rock chart and U.S. Adult Top 40 chart, #6 on U.S. Top 40 radio, and #18 on the U.S. Hot 100. It is the first track on the group's 2003 major-label debut album ''The Beautiful Letdown'', and was also featured in a UK version of a ''Spider-Man 2'' "inspired by" album. In April 2005, the song was certified gold in the United States.〔(RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - Switchfoot singles )〕 The single is generally regarded as the song that helped the band achieve mainstream success. ==Background== Lyrically this song was inspired by T. S. Eliot's poem "The Hollow Men." About the song, singer/writer Jon Foreman has said, "Maybe the kid in the song is me, hoping that I'm meant for more than arguments and failed attempts to fly. Something deep inside of me yearns for the beautiful, the true. I want more than what I've been sold; I want to live life."〔(Switchfoot - Behind the Songs - The Beautiful Letdown )〕 According to Foreman, this song was also inspired by U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For."〔(Ken Phillips Publicity Group - Switchfoot )〕 This track refers to C.S. Lewis's novel "Out of the Silent Planet" with the lyric "Maybe we're bent and broken." It also refers to John Steinbeck's novel ''Of Mice and Men'', in the lyric "Dreaming about Providence and whether mice or men have second tries." The song is well known for its main guitar riff, positive lyrics and overall heavy aggressive sound. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Meant to Live」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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