Music Monday

Songs speak to me. I hear the words to songs and I think, "Aha! That's what I should say," or "That's how I feel!" Sometimes I think, "Aha! That's what YOU should say..."

So, I'm dedicating Monday's to music that speaks to my soul.

I love the idea in this song that we all make mistakes, but we don't have to let those mistakes define us. We can be bigger and better than our pasts, but we have to choose that for ourselves.

I choose to not be haunted by mistakes I've made. I will not beat myself up over them. I will not let them define my life. Really, who could blame me if I decided to curl up and wallow in self-pity or rant and rage in warranted anger?

But that is not who I am. And that is not who I want to be. Therefor, THAT IS NOT WHO I WILL BE.

I also like the rumor that this song is written for a person that completely wronged the song writer. This is a song that speaks forgiveness...

Today: Innocent by Taylor Swift

I guess you really did it this time
Left yourself in your warpath
Lost your balance on a tightrope
Lost your mind tryin' to get it back

Wasn't it easier in your lunchbox days?
Always a bigger bed to crawl into
Wasn't it beautiful when you believed in everything?
And everybody believed in you?

It's all right, just wait and see
Your string of lights is still bright to me
Oh, who you are is not where you've been
You're still an innocent
You're still an innocent

There's some things you can't speak of
But tonight you'll live it all again
You wouldn't be shattered on the floor now
If only you would sing what you know now then

Wasn't it easier in your firefly-catchin' days?
And everything out of reach, someone bigger brought down to you
Wasn't it beautiful runnin' wild 'til you fell asleep?
Before the monsters caught up to you?

It's all right, just wait and see
Your string of lights is still bright to me
Oh, who you are is not where you've been
You're still an innocent

It's okay, life is a tough crowd
32, and still growin' up now
Who you are is not what you did
You're still an innocent

Time turns flames to embers
You'll have new Septembers
Every one of us has messed up too

Lives change like the weather
I hope you remember
Today is never to late to
Be brand new

It's all right, just wait and see
Your string of lights are still bright to me
Oh, who you are is not where you've been
You're still an innocent

It's okay, life is a tough crowd
32, and still growin' up now
Who you are is not what you did
You're still an innocent