If I Could Have Been Me Theme Song

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I would never have told you that eighth grade was going to be my best year yet. Especially after a bad 7th grade, my expectations were low walking in. I surprised myself, though. This year I look back and can’t believe the gutsy moves I pulled, or the choices I made. I don’t regret a thing, though. My theme song this year was Could Have Been Me, by the rock band The Struts. My year reflected the song’s themes of being bold, feeling everything (good or bad), and never missing out. In the end, those ideas were key to my success in eighth grade. First, this year I wanted to stick out, to be loud and proud no matter what happened. “Don't wanna live as an untold story, Rather go out in a blaze of glory”, the song goes. Here, the band was trying …show more content…

I knew that it wasn’t all going to be good, but I want to go through it anyways. “I wanna taste love and pain, Wanna feel pride and shame”, the song agrees. This is a man who wants to feel emotion. He understands that he can’t have the positive without the negative, and is ready to accept both. He wants to experience, to enjoy it and not shield himself from the world. Again, this was a parallel of my life. Coming off of the experiences I had, it would be natural to shelter myself from the bad parts of growing up and simply try not to feel emotions. I have a lot of friends who do exactly that, who keep their heads down and focus on their work. The important thing is that I didn’t. I walked in with the attitude that this was going to sting, and that’s okay. I talked to the girls I liked rather than hiding away. Just that was major I knew how easily I could be shot out of the sky with a word. I experienced that firsthand, but I kept trying. I wanted to feel that pride and those feelings for another, even if that came with the pitfall of rejection. And when I talked to those girls, I may not have succeeded in my original mission, but I made great friendships. I became part of many friend groups (5, I think, but I’m not sure), and my confidence soared. I was good enough to hang out with these people, which meant that I was desirable, worth a friendship, I was cared for. Who cares what some girl thinks when I have all these great people …show more content…

“Don't wanna live as an unsung melody, I'd rather listen to the silence telling me, I can't hear you, I won't fear you”, The Struts sing. The symbolism of an unsung melody is very much like the untold story earlier in the song. It represents something that could have been, but never was. It represents something that missed its chance to be great. The line “I won’t fear you” is not as symbolic, but it is still major to the song. It is the singer stating that he’s not scared of fate and of what could happen. Just from listening to the song you could tell this, from its bold sound and the fearlessness in his tone. Here we find yet another thing relating to my year. I didn’t want to leave MME quietly. I wanted to go out in a bang, I wanted to go out with a show. I decided to leave middle school on a high note. I wanted to be proud of myself and live up to my own expectations. Walking in to sixth grade, I had high sights not just on being smart, but an athlete as well. So with no experience, I joined the track team as a sprinter and a hurdler in the spring of this year. I was the slowest runner there, but I didn’t care. Because I didn’t fear defeat, I came out of nowhere and finished 7th at the conference championships in the 800 meters (10 seconds faster than my PR). I am now the second fastest at MME. Did I get nervous? Absolutely. To this day I get anxiety when I hear a starting gun in a movie. But even

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