Would You Believe that This is It?

Last year I heard this song from a band called Loser Demon. The song is called Holding Ground and here's the chorus that has been stuck in my soul ever since (added words, mine): would you believe that this is it and it is good? doesn't surprise me and i hope that it never would (I'm) holding ground I heard that phrase and was immediately repulsed the first time, yet something about it lingered in my heart. I think that reaction is likely the same for lots of people these days. I mean, look at the world? Look at the strife and the trouble and the heartache? How can this be good? I think for me the real wisdom in those lyrics is that it's not describing what ought to be, but what is. Can the world be better? You better believe it. In so, so many ways. Yet the first part of that line reminds me of something else: the feeling of growing up and seeing that the adults are just as scared and clueless as the other kids in your class. At that point I think we all have the moment of…