Kenny Chesney's Song Don 'T Blink'

“Don’t blink” by Kenny Chesney is about living life to the fullest and making every moment count. Life goes by fast and if you just blink time will go by quicker than you think. The song first starts out with the lyrics “I turned on the evening news, saw a old man being interviewed, turning a hundred and two today, asked him what's the secret to life”. With these lyrics, Kenny Chesney is saying that instead of naming events about life he would change, the man talks about not blinking. By the phrase not blinking, he means that you should always live your life and never let anything hold you back. It is important to be proud of the life you have lived so far, and not wish to go back and change anything. By saying “cause when your hourglass runs
Everyone wanted to hear how this man managed to live life this long and reach the age of one hundred and two. Also relating to life now, many people are always watching tv or on their phones, not focusing on being social and living life. People sometimes will care more about what is on their phone than spending time with friends or family. This song represents the message that time is valuable and our time living this life should be spent with people that could be gone at any moment. Since you don’t know how long you are going to live or what events could happen, it is important to live your life to the fullest extent and have no regrets. In the line "Best start putting first things first”, an idiom is found in the phrase first things first. This relates to the theme of the song because the lyrics are saying to always put the most important components of life first if you haven’t started yet. Another literary device can be found with the words “I was glued to my Tv” which represent another idiom. This device relates to the theme because it shows that people want to know the strategies to living life