SIT: Unwritten

Guess what time it is. That's right! Song interpretation time! Today's song: Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield:

I am unwritten, can't read my mind, I'm undefined

I'm just beginning, the pen's in my hand, ending unplanned

Staring at the blank page before you

Open up the dirty window

Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find

Reaching for something in the distance

So close you can almost taste it

Release your inhibitions

Feel the rain on your skin

No one else can feel it for you

Only you can let it in

No one else, no one else

Can speak the words on your lips

Drench yourself in words unspoken

Live your life with arms wide open

Today is where your book begins

The rest is still unwritten

Oh, oh, oh

I break tradition, sometimes my tries, are outside the lines

We've been conditioned to not make mistakes, but I can't live that way

Staring at the blank page before you

Open up the dirty window

Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find

Reaching for something in the distance

So close you can almost taste it

Release your inhibitions

Feel the rain on your skin

No one else can feel it for you

Only you can let it in

No one else, no one else

Can speak the words on your lips

Drench yourself in words unspoken

Live your life with arms wide open

Today is where your book begins

The rest is still unwritten

And after that it just repeats.

So why do I even like this song? Honestly, it is mostly repetition. But to me this song is pretty inspirational.

I like the metaphor of comparing life to a book. I sometimes think about how my life is similar to a book and wonder what the chapters would be called. I think it's a cool idea, that the choices you make are essentially "writing your book".

Also, rain. I love the way rain is used in this song. Too many people use rain to symbolize sadness. In this song, it seems to symbolize happiness, and the small pleasures in life that we should pay more attention to. Like it says in the song "no one else can feel it for you, only you can let it in". I think more people should let the rain in.

Also, undefined is a great word because it always reminds me of math, which I happen to like. It's a term that means, in math and otherwise, "we just can't figure this out".

And this song is pretty much saying, do what you want, you don't have to be predictable, you can just be happy, and write your own story.

And I like that.

Here's the song: