Sunday, September 04, 2005
Turn Off the Light / Shake it Off
I'm running, I'm running, catch up with me life
Where is the love that I'm looking to find
It's all in me, can't you see, why can't you, why can't you see it's all in me
"Turn Off the Light" by Nelly Furtado
When I first heard this song a couple of years ago when I was still starting college, I thought it was catchy more than anything else. Plus, I loved how she danced in her video. But now that I am my age--and I'm not that old or experienced at all--I realized what she was actually talking about in her song. The feeling of trying to get it together more than anything else. Just being normal.Just finding what or who you truly love. Just finding out whether to be upset or happy with your current state of affairs (single!). Just trying to get it all together. It's a tall order.
I guess more than anything else--I don't know what I want in love or life. But it's an adventure to find what I do want. Between knowing what you want and knowing what you can get. And that's what the song expresses...completely.
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I gotta shake it off
Gotta make that move
Find somebody who
Appreciated all the love I give
Boy I gotta shake it off
Gotta do what's best for me
Baby and that means I gotta
shake it off
-"Shake It Off" by Mariah Carey
This song makes me feel I should try to distance myself from negative elements in my life--to find someone who appreciates me for who I am, completely. One day, while telling someone about my current sitation...they told me quite bluntly--
"You deserve someone so much better--someone who will treat you better."
Of course I was defensive--defending the person in question, trying to rationalize their crude aloofness. But even so, I couldn't deny that part of me was really swallowing my pride...to even stay in contact with him. This unique situation has held me captive--especially for a person who values his freedom. But part of me, however, wants to stay in it as long as possible..to find out what will happen, to find out if there will finally be a resolution.
And if there is, whatever the outcome, I need to shake it off and proceed to the next step...or maybe even, shake him off and leave him in the past like all the others.
Where is the love that I'm looking to find
It's all in me, can't you see, why can't you, why can't you see it's all in me
"Turn Off the Light" by Nelly Furtado
When I first heard this song a couple of years ago when I was still starting college, I thought it was catchy more than anything else. Plus, I loved how she danced in her video. But now that I am my age--and I'm not that old or experienced at all--I realized what she was actually talking about in her song. The feeling of trying to get it together more than anything else. Just being normal.Just finding what or who you truly love. Just finding out whether to be upset or happy with your current state of affairs (single!). Just trying to get it all together. It's a tall order.
I guess more than anything else--I don't know what I want in love or life. But it's an adventure to find what I do want. Between knowing what you want and knowing what you can get. And that's what the song expresses...completely.
===
I gotta shake it off
Gotta make that move
Find somebody who
Appreciated all the love I give
Boy I gotta shake it off
Gotta do what's best for me
Baby and that means I gotta
shake it off
-"Shake It Off" by Mariah Carey
This song makes me feel I should try to distance myself from negative elements in my life--to find someone who appreciates me for who I am, completely. One day, while telling someone about my current sitation...they told me quite bluntly--
"You deserve someone so much better--someone who will treat you better."
Of course I was defensive--defending the person in question, trying to rationalize their crude aloofness. But even so, I couldn't deny that part of me was really swallowing my pride...to even stay in contact with him. This unique situation has held me captive--especially for a person who values his freedom. But part of me, however, wants to stay in it as long as possible..to find out what will happen, to find out if there will finally be a resolution.
And if there is, whatever the outcome, I need to shake it off and proceed to the next step...or maybe even, shake him off and leave him in the past like all the others.
