Dust in the Wind

Driving home, I heard Kansas' "Dust in the Wind." The DJ made a comment that he felt the song was depressing.

I beg to differ.

The line "Don't hang on/Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky" is actually quite comforting, if you think about it. Granted, if you frame your reference to that line in "Oh gods, I'm going to die one day," well, yeah, that might be a downer. But for me, that line is soothing because it tells me that NOTHING - good or bad - lasts forever. Things are going bad and it sucks but hey, it won't last forever, so chin up, things will get better.

I highly doubt that was Kansas' thought when writing that song and that particular line, but that's how I perceive it.