A Long Way Gone reminds me of...

The song Kingdom Comes by the Civil Wars reminds me of the book A Long Way Gone. The song is originally written for the Hunger Games soundtrack. The song talks about running away from something that you know will hurt you.This song reminds me of the running Ishmael has to do throughout the book. He has to run through village after village to escape being captured by the rebels. 


"Run, run, run away
Buy yourself another day
A cold wind's whispering secrets in your ear"


This part of the song reminds me of how Ishmael must run to survive. If he is captured by the rebels they would probably kill him. He needs to run to give himself another day and more time to live. The cold wind that whispers, I think is your gut feeling telling you wheather something is right or wrong and to listen to it. This reminds me of when he is captured by villagers that no longer trust that he is not with the rebels, they find his rap tape in his pocket while searching him. He needs tot trust his gut feeling whether to tell them about it or not and when his conscience tells him he should, he listens to it.


"Run fast as you can
No one has to understand"


This part reminds me of when he ran so far from the war no body really believed it existed. They had heard of the war but didn't think it would reach the village. They didn't understand the severity of the war and Ishmael and his companions had been through and why they were really running.


"It'll be over soon 
I'll be waiting here for you"


This reminds me of Ishmael at the rehabilitation centre and people always saying that it wasn't his fault and never getting mad at him for what he did. Ishmael was still in the state of war and the drugs had not yet lost their affect on him. It was like all the workers were saying it will all be over soon and you'll get better. Especially Esther, she was always waiting for Ishmael to open up to her. She was waiting for him, the real him to come back.