post eighteen.

There are certain songs that you can tap into that just hit home. People don't understand why sometimes, but they do. There are few songs that make me cry, but some, when I hear them, just get under my skin and I feel it. That's what you're supposed to do with music, right? Feel what the artist is feeling? Well, I do.
This is going to sound stupid, but One Direction's new single came out today, and it's called Little Things. I thought it was going to be pop-sounding and catchy, like most of their other songs, but it wasn't. It was a ballad, a beautiful ballad, with no autotune, no editing, just the raw sound of the guitar playing and their voices. It was perfect. It addresses someone who's insecure about who they are, and they're singing to them. The song basically says "don't worry about your weight, don't worry about the things you don't like about yourself, because you're perfect to me." An example of a lyric is this: "I know you've never loved the crinkles by your eyes when you smile, you've never loved your stomach or your thighs, the dimples in your back at the bottom of your spine, but I'll love them endlessly."
It honestly hit home so hard, it felt like Ed Sheeran (who wrote the song, also a very good artist, go check him out) wrote the song straight to me, addressing my insecurities. And people write One Direction off as a stupid, untalented band, but if everyone could please take a listen to this song, you'll realize how it could easily hit home. Don't laugh and turn your head because it's One Direction. Give it a chance. The lyrics are perfect, I'll type them below.
"Your hand fits in mine like it's made just for me, but bear this in mind, it was meant to be. And I'm joining up the dots with the freckles on your cheeks, and it all makes sense to me.
I know you've never loved the crinkles by your eyes when you smile, you've never loved your stomach or your thighs, the dimples in your back at the bottom of your spine, but I'll love them endlessly.
I won't let these little things slip out of my mouth, but if I do, it's you, oh it's you they add up to. I'm in love with you, and all these little things.
You can't go to bed without a cup of tea, and maybe that's the reason that you talk in your sleep, and all those conversations are the secrets that I keep, though it makes no sense to me.
I know you've never loved the sound of your voice on tape, you never want to know how much you weigh, you still have to squeeze into your jeans, but you're perfect to me.
I won't let these little things slip out of my mouth, but if it's true, it's you, it's you they add up to. I'm in love with you and all these little things.
You'll never love yourself half as much as I love you, you'll never treat yourself right darlin', but I want you to. If I let you know I'm here for you, maybe you'll love yourself like I love you.
I'll just let these little things slip out of my mouth, because it's you, oh it's you, it's you they add up to, and I'm in love with you, and all these little things."
If that's not fantastic writing by Ed Sheeran, and the boys sing it so well, I don't know what is. Because it hit home really hard for me, and it made me cry. So please, look it up on Youtube and give it a chance. You never know.
Anyway, songs can hit close to home, I know my best friend cries every time she hears "Breakeven" by The Script. I won't understand it, it sounds like a fairly happy song to me, but for some reason she taps into it emotionally, and has a different emotional reaction to it than I do. It's different for everyone, and that's what I find so beautiful about music.