Lyrics

Lyrics.

Lyrics are those words that we seemingly forget to listen to when we hear our favorite song on the radio. We may listen to the song and sing the words, but we don’t *listen* to the lyrics.

How many of you stop singing to a song and pay close attention to the words the artist is singing? Do you wonder the meaning behind the words? Do you realize that the words that you have been singing along to for some time now resemble your life in some way?

There are so many questions regarding lyrics as to why an artist writes them as such, or how lyrics can reflect on our lives. But do we ever stop and listen to them?

You can be amazing
You can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug
You can be the outcast
Or be the backlash of somebody’s lack of love
Or you can start speaking up
Nothing’s gonna hurt you the way that words do
When they settle ‘neath your skin
Kept on the inside and no sunlight
Sometimes a shadow wins

Those are partial lyrics to the first verse of Sara Bareilles’s song *Brave*. Its a beautiful song, with beautiful lyrics that really can pack a punch, especially when they are listened to.

So, what are the lyrics of your favorite songs saying?