this is your song..

Today I went to a course run by Sheffield Flourish. We were thinking about stories, and also about music and it got me thinking.

It was said that everyone has a story in them and about them, and that scared me a bit, because I don't like some of my story, and some of my story I don't own. However, when we started thinking about music and how that can form part of identity it really resonated with me. There are some days I can't write, or think or do anything, but then when I listen to music it breaks down those barriers in some way and reconnects me to life and reminds me of who I am.

In essence my story is played out through other peoples music, and their lyrics mirror my own experiences. When I find a song that does that it stays with me for a long time and becomes part of me. There are some songs where the majority of it don't make sense to my story, aside from one line. The lyric "this isn't everything you are" is one of those. There are also songs that I really love the words but hate the music to it, and feel like it needs to be sung in a different way and that its true potential hasn't quite been unlocked. Katy Perry's Tiger is one of those songs.

So, I have a great collection of songs that form part of my identity and really speak to me. However, the one I'm going to highlight here is the song "I'm not alright" by Skillet. It really speaks to me about how vulnerable you have to be to ask for help and how easy it is to say "I'm ok". To have this in song format makes it easier somehow to talk about things when I'm not ok.

I hope this has made you think about your story a bit, and what songs you would have in your soundtrack..