Mine - This is a story song and I immediately fell in love with it when it was leaked in August. It talks about people understanding how lucky they are to have found each other. It talks about the first meeting, the journey to love, and the ultimate survival of a relationship. It talks about blessings and the more I listened to this song I realized that my (now ex boyfriend) didn't see me as the blessing I was. So when the relationship finally ended in September listening to this song allowed me to remember that one day I will find the man like the one in the song.
Sparks Fly - I'm still not a huge fan of this song, but I do agree that it is catchy. I like the visual picture it gives me of an average couple fighting in a rainstorm (both literal and emotional). Finally they understand love each other and kiss. I think of Allie and Noah from the epic scene in the Notebook.
Back to December - This song explains about all the mistakes you think about after a relationship is over and how you feel like you need to apologize for. I adore the song. Even though I fully understand that Jordan cheating on me was not my fault. I know I was not perfect in the relationship. I know there are things I could have changed, but the end still happened. Maybe the songs brings me back to a year ago when Jordan and I broke up for the first time. Back then I had regrets and I know that I make mistakes. However now after all the crap he has put me through and the time he betrayed me last December. I know that I did all I could.
Speak Now - When I first hard this song I thought it was odd. However the more I listen to it the more I love it for its lyrics. It is about that moment in a wedding when the preacher says to "speak now or forever hold your peace." What if you don't hold the peace? What if you know the person you love is making a terrible mistake? It is about being brave enough to say I will love you more than her. A sarcastic play on the mind.
Dear John - This song is about John Mayer. The first time I heard it I felt eerie and cold. I related to the grown up broken heart. When you emerge from the rubble of a breakup you begin to see why it ended in the first place. You see how it was wrong. You open your eyes for the first time and see how love blinded you until the end. That you bought into the sick twisted games.
Mean - This is a true gritty country song. It also says exactly what I would say to Cole Jellings. It talks about people being rude for no reason other than to make themselves feel better. Just because they can bully others, they do. The song talks about taking the higher road and realizing that these types of people will always be unhappy so why sink to their level? Eventually people are going to get sick of the crap. Outsiders will how pathetic the mean people are because they have nothing better to do with their lives but be mean. Why?
Story of Us - Another one of those songs tht is growing on me. It is a song about remembering how easy it was to talk to the person you loved and now finding it hard to even be in the same room. It is about taking the fairy tale you created in your head and editing it. It is about those awkward moments you wish you didn't have to go through.
Never Grow Up - This is a really important song for me. It reminded me about trying to stay as young as you can when you are able.It is a soft lullaby that tells you there is plenty of time to worry about the future. Enjoy the times your have being young and respect the idea that life will happen in time.
Enchanted - This is a fairly new song for me because I've only listened to it a handful of times, but I like it. It is about a crush. About looking at someone and feeling the butterflies no matter what age. Having moments that click and wishing on stars that you might one day have this person look at you with affection. It is a sweet giggly song about dreams and fairy tales inside of your head.
Better Than Revenge - This has to be one of my favorite songs off the new album. It talks about exposing a slutty girl for who she is. It is about explaining that throwing your body at someone else's boyfriend not only is a true move of slutish proportion, but just wrong. It also pisses people off in a way you can't expect. It is a karmic song that I wholeheartedly dedicated to Cassandra Stein-Tronnier. This my dear friends is the girl who threw herself at Jordan (with Cole Jelling's vivid encouragement) and slept with Jordan the night before he broke up with me. The easiest girl in the whole world I hear because she waited naked in his bed for him to come back to his dorm. This song just reminds me the "she is better known for the things that she does on the mattress." She is the kind of girl that one day is going to know how pathetic she is and I can't wait. She thinks I would have forgotten her horrible behavior, but I can say with certainity no.
Innocent - This is a song that I am able to understand forgiveness. It helps me move to a place where I don't hate Jordan. I think about him and how grateful I am for his presence in my life. Even though it ended like a bad car crash and despite all the bad things I know that there is still a good person in his heart. I hope he finds that person someday. That innocent boy that can be respected. I should remember tht it was difficult for Jordan in those last weeks. I mean he wasn't perfect, but he was horrible either. His inn
ocence was lost with slutty girls who threw themselves at him and supposed best friends that tell them to. How the same 'best buddy" tells you every day how much he hates your girlfriend and that you have to stop seeing her. I can't blame Jordan for being too weak in the face of stupidity and pressure.Haunted - This is one of the songs I don't listen to often, but I think it explains how each memory that used to make you laugh and smile now fills you will heartbreak and pain.
Last Kiss - This is my favorite song on the album. Listening to this song I felt for the first time my sadness of losing a three year relationship. I realize that I actually miss Jordan. Maybe I miss the Jordan he used to be before he cheated. Once the dreadful act was done I lost all affection towards the tragic Jordan he is now. This is the song that makes me remember how he left. That no matter what I did or how many times he told me he would never let me go, that he loved me. Somewhere down the line I didn't believe him anymore and I was correct in my assumptions. "Last Kiss" is about the silly memories you tend to think about in those quiet moments. I don't want Jordan back in my life; especially considering how he threw me away for a one night stand. I mean this is something we talked about doing together at one point and yet he did it with someone he barely knew. I love this song for its raw honest pain. It is the one song out of all of the songs I've been listening to that actually says everything I feel, but have been too afraid to admit to everyone; even myself. A sad bittersweet song about loss and knowing that it is ok to be sad. It is a part of life.
Long Live - This is a super positive song about embracing the memories in life. Don't take anything for granted and drink in every moment. It is about knowing changes happens in life. Good ones and bad ones, happy ones and sad. However capturing these painful moments and letting them grow into healing ones trying to never let he song is about screaming at the top of your lungs, giggling at inside jokes with your best friend, waking up to see a sunrise and loving the things that make you happy. Loving what is good for you. This is such an empowering song.
That is my review. I totally recommend this album for everything girl with something to say. So Speak Now!
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