| Ben Rector – Beautiful Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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For me, Ben Rector is talking about the comparison of our lives then and now. There are days when I wake up And I don't know what I'm doing here I barely recognize the pair of eyes Staring back at me in the mirror --->Here, I think he is saying that today, he can't see a clear picture of who he is, where he is, how he came in his situation now, why is he here, what is his purpose in life. He barely recognize who he really is when he tried to see his reflection... But there was a day when I was free Not a care that I could see So good, I could barely believe that it was happening Oh take me back again ---> He could still remember the time when he was still innocent, when he still has the freedom and he thinks it is the most beautiful thing he has ever had. He is wishing that if ever he could take back the time... When I was 16 with an open heart Windows down in a beat up car When I was dumb and the world was young And she was beautiful She was beautiful She was beautiful ---> Well, I don't know about the relationship of the age 16 with his story, but maybe it was his time when he felt he had a stress-free life, where he sees life as a simple place to be. He is describing what he feels when he remembers his childhood, his memory, he wanna feel again what he felt before... because it is beautiful... How do we end up like this Living lives that we don't care about Too busy fixing things on computer screens While the grass grows green Me I'm screaming out ---> He has a lot of question of how a simple life became so complicated, and that why is it that his environment now became too busy with the modern world without thinking of the past that should still be part of the new generation. He is one of the few who are aware that old, simple life should be taken back and that we should realize it... and the rest of the lyrics were just repeated... I think the "SHE" he's talking about is "LIFE" :) this song caught my heart. I felt like I want my childhood back, especially now that I am suffering a lot of stress and problems that I never thought could happen to me. I am wishing if I could turn back the time, I would change whatever I want for my future to be... I want to cherish life, and I regret how I wasted 5 years of it... :( |
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