This is a collection of stories and poems based off of songs, all written while I listened to the song. Most were done after only one time listening, so they can get kind of short and messy.
The Show by Lenka
A strong face
Is never enough
To hide how soft I am inside
I hold up these walls
Put up with the expectations
Do my best to meet them
And though I pass in their eyes
On the inside I’ve failed
No room for love in my life
However, again and again I am told to let someone in
Must I be so vulnerable to be happy?
I don’t want to give anyone a way inside
I don’t ever want anyone to see how I am
A child lost in a snowdrift
But soon I realize I’ve made it
The expectations, I’ve made it without someone by my side
Love may be great, but I can’t let it hold me down
I have to let myself go
I must live in my dreams and through them influence reality
I’ll make it if I rely on myself
Keep my friends close,
Keep myself closer
Keep my sights set on tomorrow
Learn from the past,
Live in the future,
Accept the present
I’ll make it on my own, you’ll see!
This Ain’t Goodbye by Train
I remember the first day I met you: it was the first day of kindergarten. I sat by myself at a table and you, a newcomer to the city, took the seat next to mine. Awkward and nervous, you and I had nothing to say to each other so we simply sat there. As the years passed, our friendship grew stronger to the point where you asked me to be your girlfriend in the seventh grade. Like any other middle school relationship, the two of us were single in a mere three weeks. But we kept each other close, and simply laughed at the vain idea of having each other as romantic partners. Yet in my heart, I was broken because I had loved having you there. In tenth grade, you admitted you had the same feelings and we’d been together since. But as senior year approached, and we both got into different colleges on opposite sides of the nation, we had to either go long-distance or call it quits. Four years later, we met up the day after graduation and I said that was the longest four years I’d ever gone. On that snowy day, you asked me to have dinner with you and I’ve been yours ever since.
Lovers in Japan by Coldplay
Together, that’s where we’ll always be
Time pulls us apart
Love brings us back together
The world is large
Our love is larger
And we’ll conquer whatever dares face us
Climbing to the top of this huge mountain
We’ll always be aiming for the top
While you can never be up there long,
The view is enough to last you a lifetime
Some say you can achieve perfection through various ways
All of those ways are lowly,
And no “perfection” is as perfect as spending my days with you
Running through these light tunnels,
As we freeze, smiling, immortalized in pictures,
And living with every new adventure we take on
Golden rays of sunlight dance with us
Splashing in crystal clear water,
From one side of the world to the other
I’m there with you and you’re there with me.
Life in Technicolor II by Coldplay
Some call this world miserable
I call every second a gift
If I’m living it with my friends
After a war is fought
The celebrations never stop
I never knew how lonely I was before
But since meeting these people
I know I belong with them
Some battles still remain for us to fight
But does it matter anymore?
I have you, you have me, and we all have each other
We’re set!
We will fight together, we will celebrate together
And most importantly, we’ll live together
Dreaming high
Achieving higher
Enchanted by Taylor Swift
It’s always been expected of me to remain strong and independent. I have never truly craved romance and the love of friends has been enough for me. I never believed in the “magic” of love nor being swept off your feet, experiencing love at first sight. As a strong person, I always thought I could go through life without truly being in love with someone, or at least I could get a lot done before settling down with someone.
Yet as you walked through the door and sat down at the table, I realized what i had been missing. For that moment, I wondered how I could have ever thought that people could never truly have love at first sight. Your face just seemed to kind, and you could see the intelligence in your eyes. It was at the moment I realized I wasn’t too strong nor smart nor young for love. I did my best to hide my feelings, so nobody would get suspicious on how I had suddenly opened up. But when we were sitting on the lodge sofa sipping hot chocolate, I couldn’t stop myself from telling you everything about myself and what I thought about the world. And with a sinking feeling when you agreed with almost everything I said, I remembered that parallel lines never cross.
But when you leaned in to hug me at the end of the night, I realized that we were near parallel but we were both slightly tilted inwards––meaning that though it would be far, in the future our lines would intersect. I could do nothing but hope that you hadn’t already found your intersecting line.
Speak Now by Taylor Swift
I’ve always been a little scared to voice my opinions about big events, but the moment I got word of your marriage, I nearly spit out my tea. I’ve never been big on romantic and dramatic moments, but I wasn’t about to let you throw your life away with that girl.
She truly is a cold-hearted witch and I could already see into the future. I knew you two would never last, so I figured it was my job to stop this disaster from happening.
I snuck into the wedding that day, having not received an invitation. I could see in your eyes that you wanted me to be the person walking down that aisle––when you bit your lip it was clear you’d realized you’d walked into a trap.
And as the preacher asked anyone if they had any objections, I stepped out. “I have one.”
In that moment our eyes met and we both knew.
And as my eyes snapped open and I could hear you snoring in the next room over I breathed a smile of relief. You were still one of my two roommates and you were most definitely not marrying my brat of a sister.
Better Than Revenge by Taylor Swift
It wasn’t about the boy––it was clear from the beginning that we would never last––it was about her. She’s been pushing my buttons for the past two years of high school and I’d had enough. I would have snapped right then and there when she literally pulled him from my arms if my friends hadn’t stopped me from. She had known this was the first time I’d had a boyfriend, having finally built up the courage and been talked out of my anti-dating shell. It was about time she learned something.
That day as she strolled out of the school, I stopped her in the middle of the sidewalk. She asked, voice dripping with ridicule, if there was something I wanted. I told her that there was something I wanted and I pulled out the phone, snapping a quick picture.
“What was that for?”
“I got Photoshop yesterday.”
Two days later, there was a picture of her floating around the Internet which I found very amusing.
Clocks by Coldplay
Drifting through these dreams
Losing myself, escaping reality
I cannot put my thoughts nor what I see into words
For there is no word for how I am feeling right now.
Flashing lights everywhere
A strange music I’ve heard somewhere before
Yet totally alien to my ears
I close my eyes and put my hand to my head, trying to stop the pounding
Yet it won’t stop
Is this insanity? Is this paradise?
I am lost and I don’t even know anymore
Where am I, even?
Am I still in my own body?
Am I succumbing to the depths and twisting labyrinths of my mind?
I try to cry out, yet there’s nobody here
This is all so vivid, yet so unclear at the same time
I’m starting to slip away, I can’t think anymore
All I can feel is the pounding as images blur and my sight drops off
I’m left here with a splitting headache
Dizzy, with nothingness clawing at my thoughts
I’ve lost the battle with losing it
And now I don’t exist, yet I do
I catch faint images and ideas
Of what I say and do
But it makes no sense anymore
I’ve lost;
I’m gone;
I’m truly out of my mind.
Cave In by Owl City
All these rules are getting too much
I think I’ll do as I please from now on
I don’t know where I’m going
I don’t know what to do
But I know that I’m leaving
I’m leaving this little town, I’m just going somewhere else
Somewhere I can be appreciated
Somewhere I won’t be a rebel
Somewhere where I can blend in and surround myself with friends
Friends that think like I do
Flat prairie land grows into hills, and then into mountains
Rain pounds at my windshield
But I’m dry and warm inside this car
Nothing will get to me anymore
For I’m leaving, going somewhere unknown
I’ll know when I get there
If I get there, that is
Well, I’m bound to get there, I assume
If not, I’ll live on the destination
There have been plenty of nice places along the way
But none of them are the perfect place
Traveling in itself is a way for me to get away
I bought a felt-tip pen and a notebook at a gas station
Every night I write some more
I’ll write myself a world
I’ll write myself a place
And then I’ll read my life.
All the Right Moves by OneRepublic
For there to be magic, there must be a purpose
I think we’ve found that purpose
But it’s not like in the books, I think we’re losing
And if we’re not losing, then this is a weird way of winning
Every hill that takes us higher drops us even lower than we were before
But it doesn’t matter, so long as we stay in for the final battle
Who knows where the turning point of this fight will be?
Yet I know deep in my heart this is it
Could we have avoided this?
Could we have accepted a normal life?
While adventure is fun, it’s dangerous and who knows what live will be like if we’re not victorious?
It is said that if you keep your spirits high you will win
But again, only in books do the good win
So far, we’re up to our necks and even magic won’t get us out of this
I guess we pray to win
Or pray to die quick and painlessly
Whatever happens, though
We’ll always have each other–– Well, unless if we all die––
But, yeah, we’ll always be together...right?
...Right?
Secrets by OneRepublic
Had I known there were people in this world actually opening up to, I probably wouldn’t be in this mess in the first place.
After moving from Michigan to Florida, I’d been determined to make a better imagine for myself. I’d gotten sick of being a know-it-all goody-two-shoes that did nothing but read and write. From here on our, I was going to be awesome.
But as lies came pouring out, the roof came caving in and I was in an even bigger mess than I had been before. I had really screwed up by trying to seem cool, and it just led to this gigantic disaster I couldn’t pull myself out of.
But then one day a girl came to me and asked if I wanted to talk. I took her offer and she let me tell her everything. We plotted together how I would restore my name, but before I could become a better person she lost.
She’d been fighting cancer longer than I had lived here and she’d never told me. It was then I decided to let my secrets go, for her sake.
The Show by Lenka
A strong face
Is never enough
To hide how soft I am inside
I hold up these walls
Put up with the expectations
Do my best to meet them
And though I pass in their eyes
On the inside I’ve failed
No room for love in my life
However, again and again I am told to let someone in
Must I be so vulnerable to be happy?
I don’t want to give anyone a way inside
I don’t ever want anyone to see how I am
A child lost in a snowdrift
But soon I realize I’ve made it
The expectations, I’ve made it without someone by my side
Love may be great, but I can’t let it hold me down
I have to let myself go
I must live in my dreams and through them influence reality
I’ll make it if I rely on myself
Keep my friends close,
Keep myself closer
Keep my sights set on tomorrow
Learn from the past,
Live in the future,
Accept the present
I’ll make it on my own, you’ll see!
This Ain’t Goodbye by Train
I remember the first day I met you: it was the first day of kindergarten. I sat by myself at a table and you, a newcomer to the city, took the seat next to mine. Awkward and nervous, you and I had nothing to say to each other so we simply sat there. As the years passed, our friendship grew stronger to the point where you asked me to be your girlfriend in the seventh grade. Like any other middle school relationship, the two of us were single in a mere three weeks. But we kept each other close, and simply laughed at the vain idea of having each other as romantic partners. Yet in my heart, I was broken because I had loved having you there. In tenth grade, you admitted you had the same feelings and we’d been together since. But as senior year approached, and we both got into different colleges on opposite sides of the nation, we had to either go long-distance or call it quits. Four years later, we met up the day after graduation and I said that was the longest four years I’d ever gone. On that snowy day, you asked me to have dinner with you and I’ve been yours ever since.
Lovers in Japan by Coldplay
Together, that’s where we’ll always be
Time pulls us apart
Love brings us back together
The world is large
Our love is larger
And we’ll conquer whatever dares face us
Climbing to the top of this huge mountain
We’ll always be aiming for the top
While you can never be up there long,
The view is enough to last you a lifetime
Some say you can achieve perfection through various ways
All of those ways are lowly,
And no “perfection” is as perfect as spending my days with you
Running through these light tunnels,
As we freeze, smiling, immortalized in pictures,
And living with every new adventure we take on
Golden rays of sunlight dance with us
Splashing in crystal clear water,
From one side of the world to the other
I’m there with you and you’re there with me.
Life in Technicolor II by Coldplay
Some call this world miserable
I call every second a gift
If I’m living it with my friends
After a war is fought
The celebrations never stop
I never knew how lonely I was before
But since meeting these people
I know I belong with them
Some battles still remain for us to fight
But does it matter anymore?
I have you, you have me, and we all have each other
We’re set!
We will fight together, we will celebrate together
And most importantly, we’ll live together
Dreaming high
Achieving higher
Enchanted by Taylor Swift
It’s always been expected of me to remain strong and independent. I have never truly craved romance and the love of friends has been enough for me. I never believed in the “magic” of love nor being swept off your feet, experiencing love at first sight. As a strong person, I always thought I could go through life without truly being in love with someone, or at least I could get a lot done before settling down with someone.
Yet as you walked through the door and sat down at the table, I realized what i had been missing. For that moment, I wondered how I could have ever thought that people could never truly have love at first sight. Your face just seemed to kind, and you could see the intelligence in your eyes. It was at the moment I realized I wasn’t too strong nor smart nor young for love. I did my best to hide my feelings, so nobody would get suspicious on how I had suddenly opened up. But when we were sitting on the lodge sofa sipping hot chocolate, I couldn’t stop myself from telling you everything about myself and what I thought about the world. And with a sinking feeling when you agreed with almost everything I said, I remembered that parallel lines never cross.
But when you leaned in to hug me at the end of the night, I realized that we were near parallel but we were both slightly tilted inwards––meaning that though it would be far, in the future our lines would intersect. I could do nothing but hope that you hadn’t already found your intersecting line.
Speak Now by Taylor Swift
I’ve always been a little scared to voice my opinions about big events, but the moment I got word of your marriage, I nearly spit out my tea. I’ve never been big on romantic and dramatic moments, but I wasn’t about to let you throw your life away with that girl.
She truly is a cold-hearted witch and I could already see into the future. I knew you two would never last, so I figured it was my job to stop this disaster from happening.
I snuck into the wedding that day, having not received an invitation. I could see in your eyes that you wanted me to be the person walking down that aisle––when you bit your lip it was clear you’d realized you’d walked into a trap.
And as the preacher asked anyone if they had any objections, I stepped out. “I have one.”
In that moment our eyes met and we both knew.
And as my eyes snapped open and I could hear you snoring in the next room over I breathed a smile of relief. You were still one of my two roommates and you were most definitely not marrying my brat of a sister.
Better Than Revenge by Taylor Swift
It wasn’t about the boy––it was clear from the beginning that we would never last––it was about her. She’s been pushing my buttons for the past two years of high school and I’d had enough. I would have snapped right then and there when she literally pulled him from my arms if my friends hadn’t stopped me from. She had known this was the first time I’d had a boyfriend, having finally built up the courage and been talked out of my anti-dating shell. It was about time she learned something.
That day as she strolled out of the school, I stopped her in the middle of the sidewalk. She asked, voice dripping with ridicule, if there was something I wanted. I told her that there was something I wanted and I pulled out the phone, snapping a quick picture.
“What was that for?”
“I got Photoshop yesterday.”
Two days later, there was a picture of her floating around the Internet which I found very amusing.
Clocks by Coldplay
Drifting through these dreams
Losing myself, escaping reality
I cannot put my thoughts nor what I see into words
For there is no word for how I am feeling right now.
Flashing lights everywhere
A strange music I’ve heard somewhere before
Yet totally alien to my ears
I close my eyes and put my hand to my head, trying to stop the pounding
Yet it won’t stop
Is this insanity? Is this paradise?
I am lost and I don’t even know anymore
Where am I, even?
Am I still in my own body?
Am I succumbing to the depths and twisting labyrinths of my mind?
I try to cry out, yet there’s nobody here
This is all so vivid, yet so unclear at the same time
I’m starting to slip away, I can’t think anymore
All I can feel is the pounding as images blur and my sight drops off
I’m left here with a splitting headache
Dizzy, with nothingness clawing at my thoughts
I’ve lost the battle with losing it
And now I don’t exist, yet I do
I catch faint images and ideas
Of what I say and do
But it makes no sense anymore
I’ve lost;
I’m gone;
I’m truly out of my mind.
Cave In by Owl City
All these rules are getting too much
I think I’ll do as I please from now on
I don’t know where I’m going
I don’t know what to do
But I know that I’m leaving
I’m leaving this little town, I’m just going somewhere else
Somewhere I can be appreciated
Somewhere I won’t be a rebel
Somewhere where I can blend in and surround myself with friends
Friends that think like I do
Flat prairie land grows into hills, and then into mountains
Rain pounds at my windshield
But I’m dry and warm inside this car
Nothing will get to me anymore
For I’m leaving, going somewhere unknown
I’ll know when I get there
If I get there, that is
Well, I’m bound to get there, I assume
If not, I’ll live on the destination
There have been plenty of nice places along the way
But none of them are the perfect place
Traveling in itself is a way for me to get away
I bought a felt-tip pen and a notebook at a gas station
Every night I write some more
I’ll write myself a world
I’ll write myself a place
And then I’ll read my life.
All the Right Moves by OneRepublic
For there to be magic, there must be a purpose
I think we’ve found that purpose
But it’s not like in the books, I think we’re losing
And if we’re not losing, then this is a weird way of winning
Every hill that takes us higher drops us even lower than we were before
But it doesn’t matter, so long as we stay in for the final battle
Who knows where the turning point of this fight will be?
Yet I know deep in my heart this is it
Could we have avoided this?
Could we have accepted a normal life?
While adventure is fun, it’s dangerous and who knows what live will be like if we’re not victorious?
It is said that if you keep your spirits high you will win
But again, only in books do the good win
So far, we’re up to our necks and even magic won’t get us out of this
I guess we pray to win
Or pray to die quick and painlessly
Whatever happens, though
We’ll always have each other–– Well, unless if we all die––
But, yeah, we’ll always be together...right?
...Right?
Secrets by OneRepublic
Had I known there were people in this world actually opening up to, I probably wouldn’t be in this mess in the first place.
After moving from Michigan to Florida, I’d been determined to make a better imagine for myself. I’d gotten sick of being a know-it-all goody-two-shoes that did nothing but read and write. From here on our, I was going to be awesome.
But as lies came pouring out, the roof came caving in and I was in an even bigger mess than I had been before. I had really screwed up by trying to seem cool, and it just led to this gigantic disaster I couldn’t pull myself out of.
But then one day a girl came to me and asked if I wanted to talk. I took her offer and she let me tell her everything. We plotted together how I would restore my name, but before I could become a better person she lost.
She’d been fighting cancer longer than I had lived here and she’d never told me. It was then I decided to let my secrets go, for her sake.
