Music Monday – Skyscraper

Anyone who meets me knows I love music. I love all types… ummm okay I love most types of music. For me its about the lyrics and what it is the artist is talking about or what message they are trying to convey. I love to dissect a song and its lyrics completely. Every Monday I want to post a song that either inspires me, makes me think about the world we live in, motivates me to always be who I am or may be something I was feeling at some point. It will be a great mix of different types of music and hope it will also do the same for you. I love to think that music captures what so many of us may be feeling or want to say, but don’t know how.

SONG – Skyscraper

ARTIST – Demi Lovato

LYRICS –

Skies are crying, I am watching
Catching teardrops in my hands
Only silence, as it’s ending
Like we never had a chance

Do you have to make me feel like
There’s nothing left of me?

You can take everything I have
You can break everything I am
Like I’m made of glass
Like I’m made of paper
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper

As the smoke clears, I awaken
and untangle you from me
Would it make you, feel better
to watch me while I bleed?

All my windows still are broken
But I’m standing on my feet

You can take everything I have
You can break everything I am
Like I’m made of glass
Like I’m made of paper
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper

Go run, run, run
I’m gonna stay right here, watch you disappear
Yea–ohh
Go run, run, run
Yeah, it’s a long way down
But I am closer to the clouds up here

You can take everything I have
You can break everything I am
Like I’m made of glass
Like I’m made of paper
Ohh Ohhhh!
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper

(Like a skyscraper)

Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper

LISTEN TO IT HERE – Skyscraper – Demi Lovato

WHY I PICKED IT – I know a few of you may be thinking really Jaime a DEMI LOVATO song? Well the answer is yes a Demi Lovato song it is today. I’m not a huge fan of hers to be honest I don’t think I could name any other song of hers. I discovered this song a few weeks ago when Kelly Clarkson tweeted that she loved it. So I thought why not give it a spin… oh & I fell in love with it. I love the lyrics and then I wondered why a young girl like her would be writing a song like this. I did some research and come to find out Demi has been fighting an eating disorder and was on the verge of almost killing herself if she didn’t go to rehab and seek treatment. She did what she needed to do and came back on top. She took control of her life and realized “Life is what you make of it”. She made the changes she needed to make sure she was living a life she wanted and loved. I have listened to this song amillion times… I can’t get enough of it. I love the part when she says “Go on and try to tear me down I will be rising from the ground Like a skyscraper” that is how I felt when I was going through my probation for drinking & driving. After I realized that only I could control my life I realized I can rise from this. I’m glad she too realized after something major its in our hands to make the change. She even made a video to her fans letting them know everything is okay and that she has learned from it. I mean really take a moment and watch it. This is the role model more teenagers need these days.