The Stories Within

Taylor Swift’s “Long Live”

                This song made me think as I listened to it one day. It made me think of what writers are thinking as they write their music. What goes through their mind? I’m sure this song has a meaning to Taylor, but the song has so many other  meanings to her thousands of fans. Taylor started the singer song writing business at an extremely young age, dealing with critics and what not. She is an inspiration to many now, even still being young. So, who is to say what is good music?

                The story behind a song is one thing to the one who wrote it, but it could have a completely different meaning to someone listening to it. This is why I’m in love with music. I can connect to a song and put myself in the story. Picture myself as Juliet on a staircase waiting for MY Romeo, “Love Story”, remember the many fantasies and memories of my past,  “The Best  Day”, pretend to take “Revenge” on the mean girls. Taylor is one of the most talented writers I know of because her songs are the easiest to connect to, to picture yourself in her songs can be "[Enchanting]". Turning songs into stories is a talent not every singer has. Some people wish for years to be as inspiring as Taylor. She started at such a young age yet she has more awards then some of the artistes that have been in the business for years.

                Taylor takes her writing to the next level by writing what she is or has gone through. That’s what makes it so easy for me to love her music. I think of her music as a entry in a diary. Her music practically reads my mind. “Music is my life” from when I want to cry to when I want to stand up and dance. Happy, sad, angry, giddy, anything you feel music can mimic.

                I find myself as a bit of a dork. I find myself singing into my hairbrush and dancing around my room pretending to be the writer and singer of the songs I listen to. I pretend to preform them in front of crowds. The stories that I put together in my head when hearing it may not be what the writer pictured, but that’s why they do what they do, right? To help their fans make their own stories.