1) Do-re-mi, The Sound of Music
I watched this movie hundreds of times as a young kid, and this period of my life — preschool and kindergarten — marks the beginning of my obsession with music. I would watch it with a pair of tights on my head to serve as long hair, a blanket wrapped around me as a dress, and a rocking chair in the middle of the room which was the tree I would dance around like Julie Andrews does in the opening scene. I wanted to be in that family, like, so bad. To have a puppet show, fall out of a canoe, live in a huge house, wear pretty dresses, have a hot boyfriend, sing in harmony every day with my awesome siblings whom I got along with, escape the bad guys and disappear into the mountains with my happy, musical family. This song is now the basis of what I do Monday through Friday as a choir teacher.
6) Youth - Troye Sivan
ReplyDeleteI found this song in the during spring break of 11th grade this year. It talks about living youth and running away from all the problems as well as the freedom of being young. “'Cause we've no time for getting old, Mortal body, timeless souls, Cross your fingers, here we go…” These lyrics remind me of a car ride where we are riding into the vast unknown full of surprises. It made me realize how fast I was in becoming an actual adult soon and how much time I have left when I could still behave like a child. Because we are human, any our lives only last 1 lifetime, it's better to take risks when you can and live without any regrets. When I was a child I wished so hard to become an adult and now that I’m almost an adult, I want to stay as a child. It made me want to hold on to my youth and wish that I could stay forever 17 because I won’t have to have the burden of responsibilities in college.