Cinderella- Steven Curtis Chapman
This song is written by a father about his daughter. The
first verse talks about how when she was little she would just dance to any
song that was playing and she would ask to practice her dancing. In the second
verse, the daughter has grown up a bit and is now a teenager. In this verse,
the daughter is telling her father about her prom date and once again asks if
he will help her practice her dancing. In the last verse, the daughter comes home
and shows her parents an engagement ring and asks her dad to practice dancing
with her again. All of these verses are important parts to understand the
message behind the song, but the most vital part is the chorus. It says:
“So I will dance with
Cinderella
While she is here in
my arms
‘Cause I know
something the prince never knew
Oh I will dance with
Cinderella
I don’t want to miss
even one song
‘Cause all too soon
the clock will strike midnight
And she’ll be gone”
The message behind this song is that you need to grab all
the time with your kids that you can because before you know it, they won’t be
kids anymore. I really appreciate this song because I didn’t have this close of
a relationship with my father, but I know he still feels this way about me. My
dad has never been one to show a lot of affection because of how he was raised
but I know that he still loves me and feels the same way as the father in this
song.
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See You Again- Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth
This song was written by Wiz Khalifa in honor of Paul Walker
after he was killed in a car crash. This song has meaning to me for a very
similar reason. As I mentioned in my first blog post, one of my classmates was
killed in a car crash last year. I wasn’t super close with him, but my
boyfriend was pretty good friends with him when they were in junior high. This
song makes us think of him and every time it plays on the radio we have to
listen to it. Something about it is comforting. The one part of the song that
is coincidentally relatable to the situation with our friend Mike is in the
first verse. It says:
“Those were the days
Hard work forever
pays
Now I see you in a
better place”
This part of the song reminds me of Mike because of a Bible
verse that he lived by. This verse was Galatians 6:9. It reads, “Let us not
become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we
do not give up.” Mike was an athlete and believed that hard work would pay off,
and that is the message of Galatians 6:9 and also in that verse of See You
Again.
Smoke Break- Carrie Underwood
This song is on Carrie Underwood’s new album, Storyteller. Throughout
the entire song, she sings about a few hardworking people who just need to relieve
some stress sometimes, or take a smoke break. The first person in the song is a
single mom who works three jobs to feed her four kids. The second person is a
man who is just trying to move up the ladder at work after being the first
member of his family to go to college. I can relate to this song because I feel
like I’m always on the go and doing something whether it be going to class or
going to work. One specific time that I can really relate to this song is one
day after work. My boss had been driving me crazy that day and when I got back
to my dorm, I sat down with my roommates and said, “I don’t drink, but after
that day I could really use one.” 
Riser- Dierks Bentley
This song is sung by Dierks Bentley. The main message behind
it is that he doesn’t let life push him around. The chorus says:
“I’m a riser
I’m a get off of the
ground, don’t run and hider
Pushin’ comes to
shove
Hey I’m a fighter
When darkness comes
to town, I’m a lighter
A get out aliver, of
the fire
Survivor”
This song is meaningful to me because it reminds me of the
rough year that my senior year was and how I got through it. In December of my
senior year, a boy in my grade passed away from brain cancer. As mentioned in
my last blog, another one of my classmates was killed in a car accident and
then the following day my boyfriend’s foster brother were killed. Now, whenever
life is going good I just expect something tragic to happen in my life.
However, I know that since I’ve made it through that hard year I can make it
through anything.
Crazy Over Me- Dylan Scott
This song is sung by Dylan Scott. I think of myself as a
crazy girlfriend. I kind of have trust issues and get paranoid when I have no
reason to be paranoid so I can let my mind wander to the worst conclusions. I
always ask my boyfriend if he thinks I’m crazy and he says yes but in a good
way, whatever that means. When I first heard this song it made me laugh because
of the many conversations I’ve had with my boyfriend. The comforting thing is
that he said the chorus is exactly like us. It says:
“You’re crazy
There ain’t a girl in
this whole wide world that could ever make me
Feel the way I do
about you, baby
Yeah, you’re crazy
Yeah, you’re crazy
But you can be as
crazy as you wanna be
This song is sung by Gavin DeGraw. The reason that I like
this song is kind of silly, but I love it. The reason that I like this song is
because it is the theme song of my favorite TV show: One Tree Hill. Whenever I
hear this song it automatically brightens my mood because I associate it with One
Tree Hill. My roommates and I are obsessed with that show. Our weekends are
mostly spent watching One Tree Hill until four in the morning. It’s pretty
great.
Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)- Hillsong United
This song is sung by the Christian group, Hillsong United. I
was raised in a Christian home and my religion is important to me. It hasn’t
always been important to me, but as I got older I realized what it meant to me.
I’m especially thankful that I found this relationship with God because it
helped me get through one of the most difficult experiences of my life. When my
boyfriend’s foster brother were killed, it was very hard on all of us, but our
church was so supportive. The boys were killed on a Saturday and we went to
church the next morning and the entire church cried with us. It was such a good
feeling knowing that all of those people were there for us. The one thing that
really helped my boyfriend’s family and I get through this difficult time was
saying that taking the boys home was God’s way of protecting them from
something worse. The boys had a rough home life and at the young ages of two
and three, they had already been through so many terrible experiences. That was
the one thought that gave us comfort, knowing that the boys wouldn’t be
suffering anymore. Throughout this entire song, they’re singing about trusting
in God. The chorus says:
“So I will call upon
Your name
And keep my eyes
above the waves
When oceans rise
My soul will rest in
Your embrace
For I am Yours and
You are mine”
The chorus talks about trusting in God when things get
tough. The bridge is also one of my favorite parts. It says:
“Spirit lead me where
my trust is without borders
Let me walk upon the
waters
Wherever You would
call me
Take me deeper than
my feet could ever wander
And my faith will be
made stronger
In the presence of my
Savior”
This part of the song talks about trusting in God when you
don’t know what to do or where to turn.
Don’t Blink- Kenny Chesney
This song is sung by Kenny Chesney. The message behind this
song is that life passes faster than you think so you need to enjoy it while
you can. The story in this song is a man turning 102 years old is sharing the
secret to life with someone. The message behind this song is well represented
in the chorus. It says:
“Don’t blink
Just like that you’re
six years old and you take a nap and you
Wake up and you’re
twenty-five and your high school sweetheart becomes your wife
Don’t blink
You just might miss
your babies growing like mine did
Turning into moms and
dads next thing you know your better half
Of fifty years is
there in bed
And you’re praying
God takes you instead
Trust me friend a hundred
years goes faster than you think
So don’t blink”
This song is sung by Brad Paisley. I like this song because
of the story behind it. It’s a sad story, but it’s a beautiful song. In the
music video, it starts out with a soldier returning from war to his wife
cheating on him. This caused the soldier to drown his sorrows and eventually he
killed himself. This then lead the wife to drown her guilt in alcohol. She also
ended up killing herself and they were buried beneath a willow tree together.
The husband’s pain is shown in the first course:
“He put that bottle
to his head and pulled the trigger
And finally drank
away her memory
Life is short but
this time it was bigger
Than the strength he
had to get up off his knees
We found him with his
face down in the pillow
With a not that said
I’ll love her till I die
And when we buried
him beneath the willow
The angels sang a
whiskey lullaby”
Even though the story behind this song is sad, the song
itself is, in my opinion, beautiful.
Sweetie Little Jean- Cage the Elephant
This song is sung by Cage the Elephant. This song is about a
girl named Jean who went missing and now everyone is looking for her. The song
is sang from the point of view of her love interest, but this song relates to
my life in a way. My best friend, Jessica, had a foster sister named Jeannie.
Unfortunately, Jeannie had to be suddenly taken away and this was hard on my
friend. I sympathized with her because of the fact that my boyfriend’s foster
brothers were suddenly taken from us. The weirdest thing about this song is
that the girl who is missing is named Jean and my best friend’s foster sister’s
name is Jeannie. I feel that the second verse of the song could be sung from my
best friend’s point of view in response to Jeannie having to leave. It reads:
 |
| My best friend and I |
You know that I would
save you if I could
Watched your laughter
turn to tears
Then you vanished in
thin air
Well we pinned your
missing persons picture up
On every
mother-loving post
How’s it feel to be a
ghost?
You’re the one I love
the most”
All of these songs have some sort of meaning to me whether it be a big reason or a small reason. These are some of my favorite songs.
