Breakaway
Thursday, May 21, 2015
At
some point in life, people find themselves getting stuck up in a certain
condition that they don’t feel like belonging to it. That it isn’t what they
wanted to do with their lives. That they’re fed-up. That they need a
breakthrough; a life-changing moment for the significant turning-point.
Everyone has that point where they feel to be free and break away, to be able
to experience something new and different, to get out from the (no longer)
comfort zone, to see the outside world from the world they used to live in.
Perhaps it’s not better, but it’s certainly different. Perhaps there’s so much
risk, but there’s surely so much worth the effort and fight. We only live once,
so make the full of it. Cliche, it is, but words become a spell when we put a
belief in it.
“I’ll
spread my wings and I’ll learn how to fly. I’ll do what it takes ‘til I touch
the sky. And I’ll make a wish, take a chance, make a change, and breakaway.”
–Kelly Clarkson, Breakaway (OST. The
Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement)
A song titled “Breakaway” is our today’s song
for Free Spirit. This pop rock song
was performed by Kelly Clarkson, the winner of the first season of American Idol. “Breakaway” was first
released as the first single from “The Princess Diaries 2: Royal
Engagement” movie soundtrack on July 19th 2004. It It later became
the title song of Clarkson’s second studio album of the same name which was released
on November 30th 2004. The song was written by Avril Lavigne, Bridget Benenate,
and Matthew Gerrard.
Everyone
has a dream. And everyone has that point in their life when everything seems so
out of place. And that if they keep staying the same way, it won’t take them
anywhere closer to reach their dream. The lyrics of “Breakaway” tell about
someone in their spirit to go out there realizing their dream. “Grew up in a small town, and when the rain
would fall down, I’d just stare out my window. Dreaming of what could be and if
I’d end up happy, I would pray. Trying hard to reach out, but when I tried to
speak out, felt like no one could hear me. Wanted to belong here, but something
felt so wrong here, so I prayed I could break away.” Everyone has a dream.
And sometimes the place where they are now couldn’t provide what they need to
make it comes true. There’s so much to see in this world. And indeed, people
need to travel in order to see what’s beyond and more to life. “Wanna feel the warm breeze, sleep under a
palm tree, feel the rush of the ocean. Get on board a fast train, travel on a
jet plane, far away and breakaway.”
“I’ll spread my wings
and I’ll learn how to fly. I’ll do what it takes ‘til I touch the sky. And I’ll
make a wish, take a chance, make a change, and breakaway. Out of the darkness
and into the sun, but I won’t forget all the ones that I love. I’ll take a
risk, take a chance, make a change, and breakaway.”
Leaving is easy, but the art of letting go is never. Especially from a place we
used to live; a home. Especially from people we used to be with; beloved ones.
The attachment might hold us back, but don’t let it bring us down. Don’t let it
fades away in our memories and make it precious. To remember is to make us a
better person each day. Every chance only comes once in a lifetime. As we only
live once too, take it and make it worth the risk. “I’ll spread my wings, and I’ll learn how to fly, though it’s not easy
to tell you goodbye. I gotta take a risk, take a chance, make a change, and
breakaway. Out of the darkness and into the sun, but I won’t forget the place I
come from. I gotta take a risk, take a chance, make a change, and breakaway.”
“Breakaway”
gained both commercial and critical success. Music critics complimented the
song’s universal message and its simple autobiographical lyrics where people
could relate to. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
on February 5th 2005. Directed by Dave Meyers, the accompanying music
video for “Breakaway” was premiered on MTV
on August 9th 2004, with some scenes from the movie. The video’s storyline
depicted and illustrated the lyrics so well.
“Out of
the darkness and into the sun, but I won’t forget the place I come from. I
gotta take a risk, take a chance, make a change, and breakaway.” –Kelly
Clarkson, Breakaway (OST. The Princess
Diaries 2: Royal Engagement)
“Grew
up in a small town, and when the rain would fall down, I’d just stare out my
window
Dreaming
of what could be and if I’d end up happy, I would pray, I would pray
Trying
hard to reach out, but when I tried to speak out, felt like no one could hear
me
Wanted
to belong here, but something felt so wrong here, so I prayed I could break
away
I’ll
spread my wings and I’ll learn how to fly, I’ll do what it takes ‘til I touch
the sky
And
I’ll make a wish, take a chance, make a change, and breakaway
Out
of the darkness and into the sun, but I won’t forget all the ones that I love
I’ll
take a risk, take a chance, make a change, and breakaway
Wanna
feel the warm breeze, sleep under a palm tree, feel the rush of the ocean
Get
on board a fast train, travel on a jet plane, far away and breakaway
Buildings
with a hundred floors, swinging ‘round revolving doors
Maybe
I don’t know where they’ll take me
But
gotta keep moving on, moving on, fly away, breakaway
I’ll
spread my wings, and I’ll learn how to fly, though it’s not easy to tell you
goodbye
I
gotta take a risk, take a chance, make a change, and breakaway
Out
of the darkness and into the sun, but I won’t forget the place I come from
I
gotta take a risk, take a chance, make a change, and breakaway, breakaway,
breakaway”
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