Songs are great! They help us with the ability to express how we are feeling and can sympathize with us. They encourage us to uncontrollably dance and they can comfort us in the midst of pain. No matter where you are in life or what mood you are in, music and songs are there for us.
It is no mystery to anyone that songs actually convey meaning and the lyrics that a song has holds this meaning. (However I find it completely disappointing and annoying even when a music beat is great and I love it but the lyrics and the meaning behind the lyrics are either terrible, or just gross to my ears) Sometimes it is these lyrics that we can sympathize with the most in a song because they verbalize how we internally feel. And as much as there are songs out there that are awesome even with their intended interpretation, I find that I enjoy personalizing a song by giving a song a different meaning (not change the lyrics at all but just give the lyrics a different meaning so that the song becomes more personal for me). I have done this lately for a couple songs of which I shall share.
What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction: there are probably a lot of you who are not a fan of One Direction but just hear me out! I may have One Direction Infection but I find that I enjoy this particular song when I put my own spin on it. When I was a kid I had a lot of self-esteem issues and I found what I liked about the song was that the girl in the song was being reassured in a sense that she is beautiful. But my interpretation does not stop there! I like to envision God singing this song (especially the chorus really) to not only this girl but to everyone, wondering why they don't know that they are beautiful because He made them beautiful!
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together by Taylor Swift: This song is such a great song with an amazing beat, not gonna lie. When this song came out though I was going through a lot of personal trials and without even thinking about changing the meaning of the song, I just naturally did in my head. To me (sometimes not all the time), this song is talking about my relationship that I have with the sin in my life that I like to keep going back to. And how even though this sin keeps coming back and I keep falling for their tricks every time I am NEVER EVER going back with it. Very quickly this song became a liberation song for me, which is pretty cool for me to think about!
Another benefit that I find with personalizing songs (this one is really for the musically talented) is that this actually helps me with writing my own music because I begin to realize what is internally going on with me. Personalizing songs is like a way to self-reflect because it tells you how you are thinking and feeling in that moment which is great for writing music really!
So try to personalize songs out there and let me know what you think and your experience with it is!
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