It's time for Tuney Tuesday number forty-two!!!! :)
Here are the rules:
Tuney Tuesdays is a weekly meme that I do. It's really easy! Just:
- Once a week, on Tuesday, choose a song that you might be really into that particular week.
- Include a video/cover art for that single if there is one (or the button for Tuney Tuesdays that Eileen over at ***Singing and Reading in the Rain*** made.)
- Include the lyrics
- Write what you like about it in a review. Or write a few sentences about how it inspires you. Or how it relates to a book that you've been reading.
- If you don't want to do your own song, you can use the song that I've done for this week.
The song I chose to do this week is Who You Are by Jessie J. This is one of the more recent songs that I've added to my inspirational playlist in itunes, and it's one of my favorites. I forget where I first heard this song (even though it wasn't that long ago), but I fell in love with it the moment I heard it and I absolutely had to figure out what song it was. Jessie J is such an AMAZING singer--I just love her voice and her songs (I did a TT post of Price Tag back in May 2012). Who You Are is such an inspirational song where the lyrics definitely say it all--there are so many great lines from the song that I'll let you read through the lyrics yourself to see what I mean (but a few are "It's okay not to be okay," "dreaming is believing," "tears don't mean you're losing," and "just be true to who you are"). The songs is basically saying that even though it's hard sometimes, you should just be true to who you are as a person and never lose that. It's also saying that you should follow your dreams and follow your heart.
Anyway, I can't say enough about Jessie J or about this song. I wish the radio stations where I live played more of her songs more often, because they're great!
Here is the Official Music Video of Who You Are. I love the simplistic quality about it (not a lot of bells and whistles; just Jessie J):
Lyrics courtesy of azlyrics.com:
I stare at my reflection in the mirror:
"Why am I doing this to myself?"
Losing my mind on a tiny error,
I nearly left the real me on the shelf.
No, no, no, no, no...
Don't lose who you are in the blur of the stars!
Seeing is deceiving, dreaming is believing,
It's okay not to be okay.
Sometimes it's hard to follow your heart.
Tears don't mean you're losing, everybody's bruising,
Just be true to who you are!
(who you are [x11])
Brushing my hair, do I look perfect?
I forgot what to do to fit the mold, yeah!
The more I try the less it's working, yeah
'Cause everything inside me screams
No, no, no, no, no...
Don't lose who you are in the blur of the stars!
Seeing is deceiving, dreaming is believing,
It's okay not to be okay.
Sometimes it's hard to follow your heart.
But tears don't mean you're losing, everybody's bruising,
There's nothing wrong with who you are!
Yes, no's, egos, fake shows, like whoa!
Just go and leave me alone!
Real talk, real life, good love, goodnight,
With a smile that's my own!
That's my own, no...
No, no, no, no, no...
Don't lose who you are in the blur of the stars!
Seeing is deceiving, dreaming is believing,
It's okay not to be okay...
Sometimes it's hard to follow your heart.
Tears don't mean you're losing, everybody's bruising,
Just be true to who you are!
Yeah yeah yeah
Well, that's all for this Tuney Tuesday, folks! Until next time!
X <3 O
