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Thoreau's argument is that we, as a species, should understand that being alone physically isn't the same thing as being alone in nature. He often he refers to space and nature in the sense that even without a human in your existence, you aren't alone because all the stars and all things never has to offer is fulling. In his writings, Thoreau is asked the question, "Don't feel alone." In which he answers no. His argument is that you don't need a person essentially because everything has life and is living their own live. He wishes people understood that being in solitude isn't really being alone.

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Thoreau wrote about and exaggerated about what people in his society were interested in. He wrote about the people in his time believing that the church was the whole truth and the church knew all. The people from his time thought that being a pure soul that always followed the biblical rules and stayed holy. Because of their fear of being a bad person they all stayed to what they thought was true to the church. People never strayed from the churches beliefs and never thought for themselves. This made Thoreau sad and mad because he believed that to find your true self you had to know why you believe something and feel it in your soul not because it's what you were taught to feel and understand. "...but, if we will confess the truth, much more to see it burn, since burn it must, and we, be it known, did it not set on fire." (Thoreau 67-69) in this quote he is saying that if we say the truth it is sinful in their eyes but how can it be sinful and bad if its the truth from our soul.

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"We need to witness our own limits transgressed, and some life pasturing freely where we never wonder."
(Thoreau 181-182)

"...if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined he will meet with his success unexpected in the common hours."
(Thoreau 213-216)

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The lyrics in the chorus express the writer's need to want to be selfless in the sense his actions are not for him self, but for a greater purpose. The self-reliance is shown in verse two. The feelings in your bones, the beat in your heart and the mentality to keep moving forward stems from trusting yourself and having the confidence to keep progressing. This parallels with transcendentalism simply because these lyrics convey the message of looking at the larger picture and essentially living selflessly. This goes with Thoreau's argument because he it's the message and lifestyle he is portraying in his writing.

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"The surface of the earth is so soft and impressionable but the feet of men; and so..."
(Thoreau 206-207)

"How worn dusty then, must be the highways of the world, how deep the ruts of tradition and conformity!"
(Thoreau 209)

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Romanticism and Transcendentalism are two literary movements that were popular in the 19th century. They had similarities in there references to nature but they are quite different in their base beliefs. Romanticism had ideas of inherent darkness or light, making you question if we as humans are naturally good or bad, many romantics like Hawthorn wrote about sin and darkness on the human soul. Transcendentalism on the other had was more about free thought opposite of the church, which wanted you to think only in a way that was "godly". Transcendentalists also believed in confidence in your own intuition, non-conformity and the appreciation of nature and breaking away from technology. Both of these movements were popular in this time because with the market revolution changing their ways of life, many wanted a new way of thinking and wanted to go farther than the puritan way of thought.

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The Market Revolution sparked the Transcendentalism movement by having advances in technology in transportation and economy. The Market Revolution was the beginning of the Modern Commercial Industrial Economy worldwide. In this era steamboats, canals, 300,000 mile long railroads and the telegraph were invented. Not only did the Market Revolution push industrial mass production level but also the financial aspect too. Many Americans bought into the idea of capitalism and invested in mass productions. This half of the 19th century was known as the age of "manifest destiny." This manifest destiny resulted in the ideology of transcendentalism, sparked from the Market Revolution.

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[Chorus] - x2
Oh, but I don't want to be the center of anything
Just a part of something bigger

[Verse 2]
Oh, you think it’s over, well that's the real start
Feel far in your bones, feel the beat in your heart
It's sailing season, to grow about keep on moving

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Pilot Lyrics: Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose / We're never forced to chose between a child king / Or a spark to force our own ignition / I am not good at being alone / I still find the