Me and The Girls
Album: Alive
By: Angie Weeks
By: Angie Weeks
Duration
5:59
Genres
Description
This is a very meaningful song to me because it is dedicated to all of the young girls in my life who I have watched grow up over the past decade or so, such as the girls I have nannied for, my cousins, the daughters of my friends, etc. I was given the idea for this song when a few years ago, I had entered into a minor but violent relationship with an Eating Disorder, and had to continuously answer their questions as to why I was so thin, depressed, and just not myself anymore.
Lyrics
Have you ever felt one of those days? When your heart's outside the window dancing? Days when you feel like you can't go on, when the world as you know it has turned on you. Dreams felt shattered, no existence mattered, your worst fears came true. But just wait until you see a child grow because then you'll really want them to know that you can wonder and guess but you'll never know the true tragedies that people hold. Like the teenage girl with the made-up eyes. You wanna be everything she ever was. But don't you know the secrets taking up her mind? Knocking at her window pane. Just remember that innocence, in a sense, is always a defense against pain. So Shaina, when you're older, please don't judge me when you see that the scars on my wrist are permanent. And Hailey, please just understand that life can be this way. Remember how we danced on the pavement all night in the rain, in our brand new dancing shoes, and we danced like angels would if they could. Sidney, when you hear the stories I have come to tell, don't be afraid to grow up. I am who I am today. My heart has hurt in many ways, but your laughter always showed me that life can be beautiful from the view of your sweet, sweet mind. So don't stop for a second from building tales, don't waste no time. Times a wastin, hearts are breakin. Mistakes they keep on makin, all just crumbling into dust. But how does a heart just break so fast? Does it literally get split in half? Is there a perfect alignment between the cracks? And when will you get it all back? Come on now, there goes all that wasted time worrying about these sorrows that you'll never have to see until you're me, yet I'll never tell you how I used to break my own heart all the time. So I really want you to know not to live your life to plan for the worst. Just always guard your won heart first. Take all the tears you cry to remind you that you're alive. Don't hold it all inside. There's no one to blame when we're all the same so if you ever need to escape. Remember that innocence, in a sense, is always a defense against pain. So Hannah, if you ever start to lose a little hope. Remember that it's all we're after. And Celia, if you ever feel that life won't let you in, remember how we laughed for hours holding hands on the playground, swinging to the highest cloud. We were pure, we were innocent, we were all that you know right now. So when you're older and you realize that I wasn't who I seemed to be, in your eyes, I still wanna be the girl who conquered everything. At least I really tried not to let life take your youth away like it did to me. Me and the girls have answered every question, sang every song. We put every single color of the rainbow on the wall. When you're my age and you realize what I did those times to hurt me, don't desert me. Just learn from me and be all you can be. Yeah. Come on girls, come on girls, yeah. Stop that crying. Don't you know you're too pretty to be sad?
