Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Breakaway

Kelly Clarkson
The summary of practically my entire life is summed up in this song. The whole experience of breaking away from one’s parents and finding your identity and independence is how this song applies to me. I may not have grown up in a small town (I grew up in Albuquerque, which is the largest city in New Mexico), and I may have dreamed more about going to Africa and riding on the back of an elephant than I did feeling a warm breeze and swinging around wild indoors, this song still has many truths that compare with my life. The verse that says “trying hard to reach out, but when I tried to speak out, felt like no one could hear me” describes, just as the song Sister On Trial describes, the disposition I had in my family (for more explanation see the narrative for the song Sister On Trial by Brian Joseph). Praying has been an integral part of my life and a practice that I use daily. I wanted to belong in my family, but I always felt like there was something more, something I was missing. It wasn’t easy breaking away from my parents whom I had been attached to and dependent upon for so long and who I loved so very much…but once I had, though I still loved my family, I found I was able to discover that which I had been searching for… myself.
Grew up in a small town and when the rain would fall down
I’d just stare out my window
Dreaming of what could be and if I’d end up happy
I would pray (I would pray)
Trying hard to reach out but when I tried to speak out
Felt like no one could hear me
Wanted to belong here but something felt so wrong here
So I’d pray (I would pray) I could breakaway

I’ll spread my wings and I’ll learn how to fly
I’ll do what it takes till I touch the sky, and I’ll
Make a wish, take a chance, make a change, and
Breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won’t forget all the ones that I love, I’ll
Take risk, take a chance, make a change, and
Breakaway

Wanna feel the warm breeze, sleep under a palm tree
Feel the rush of the ocean
Get on board a fast train, travel on a jet plane
Far away, and
Breakaway

I’ll spread my wings and I’ll learn how to fly
I’ll do what it takes till I touch the sky, and I’ll
Make a wish, take a chance, make a change, and
Breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
I won’t forget all the ones that I love, I gotta
Take a risk, take a chance, make a change, and
Breakaway

Buildings with a hundred floors
Swinging around revolving doors
Maybe I don’t know where they’ll take me, but
Gotta keep moving on, moving on
Fly away
Breakaway

I’ll spread my wings and I’ll learn how to fly
Though it’s not easy to tell you good-bye, gotta
Take a risk, take a chance, make a change, and
Breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won’t forget the place I come from, I gotta
Take risk, take a chance, make a change, and
Breakaway, breakaway, breakaway

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