Unwritten

Sometimes, lyrics do really get to me. A word, a phrase, the message --- they make a song talk to me...make me feel like I own it because it's my story, my emotions, my thoughts that the song actually speaks of.

Natasha Bedingfield's "Unwritten" is one of those lyrics.

Unwritten

Natasha Bedingfield

I am unwritten

Can't read my mind

I'm undefined

I'm just beginning

The pen's in my hand

Ending unplanned

Staring at the blank page before you

Open up the dirty window

Let the sun illuminate the words

That you could not find

Reaching for something in the distance

So close you can almost taste it

Release your inhibitions

Feel the rain on your skin

No one else can feel it for you

Only you can let it in

No one else, no one else

Can speak the words on your lips

Drench yourself in words unspoken

Live your life with arms wide open

Today is where your book begins

The rest is still unwritten

I break tradition

Sometimes my tries

Are outside the lines

We've been conditioned

To not make mistakes

But I can't live that way

Unwritten. I love the word...the freedom it promises. My future (blank page) is up to me (pen's in my hand)! Isn't that great to know? Isn't that wonderful to sing about? :)

And yes, I shouldn't let anyone live my life for me, because only I can truly feel the rain on my skin, speak the words on my lips. Literally, who else can?

The self-affirmation in the song is enough to raise a weary spirit and put one in a good mood. The empowerment is so strong, it can make one think that nothing - nothing - is impossible. =)