Songs that run true to life...

You know how some songs strike a chord in your heart, and you can't stop listening to them cause they touch so close to home. You sing them constantly in your head and sometimes a little loudly too (as shil would know) and they make you happy... they seem to be written for you. Anyway, here are the two songs that I absolutely love... they tell my story.

The first one's a disney song called 'Part of your World' from 'The Little Mermaid'. I remember watching this when I was really small, and since then I have been enchanted by Ariel... and growing up over the years, this song has captured exactly what I (and I guess a million others) feel, similar to Ariel wanting more than what her perfect little world held for her.

This second song by Taylor Swift called 'The Best Day' is amazing too, it's my theme song now, makes me smile whenever I listen to it... it's so beautiful it actually takes you back to your childhood days and makes you realise that you actually lived in the most magical and wonderful world you could ever belong to, and no other world could be more perfect than that... that's family for you.

I'm five years old, it's getting cold, I've got my big coat on

I hear your laugh and look up smiling at you, I run and run

Past the pumpkin patch and the tractor rides, look now, the sky is gold *

I hug your legs and fall asleep on the way home

I don't know why all the trees change in the fall

But I know you're not scared of anything at all

Don't know if Snow White's house is near or far away

But I know I had the best day with you today

I'm thirteen now and don't know how my friends could be so mean

I come home crying and you hold me tight and grab the keys

And we drive and drive until we find a town far enough away

And we talk and window shop 'til I've forgotten all their names

I don't know who I'm gonna talk to now at school

But I know I'm laughing on the car ride home with you

Don't know how long it's gonna take to feel okay

But I know I had the best day with you today

I have an excellent father, his strength is making me stronger

God smiles on my little brother, inside and out, he's better than I am *

I grew up in a pretty house and I had space to run

And I had the best days with you

There is a video I found from back when I was three

You set up a paint set in the kitchen and you're talking to me

It's the age of princesses and pirate ships and the seven dwarfs

And Daddy's smart and you're the prettiest lady in the whole wide world

And now I know why the all the trees change in the fall

I know you were on my side even when I was wrong

And I love you for giving me your eyes

For staying back and watching me shine

And I didn't know if you knew, so I'm takin' this chance to say

That I had the best day with you today

* A few substitutions to make it true in every sense of the word...

At the church ground running with my brothers now, the sky is gold
God smiles on my little sister, inside and out, she's better than I am