"She Will Be Loved" --Maroon 5

"She Will Be Loved"

Beauty queen of only eighteen
She had some trouble with herself
He was always there to help her
She always belonged to someone else
I drove for miles and miles and wound up at your door
I've had you so many times but somehow I want more
I don't mind spending every day
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile

And she will be loved

And she will be loved
Tap on my window, knock on my door
I want to make you feel beautiful
I know I tend to get so insecure
It doesn't matter anymore
It's not always rainbows and butterflies
It's compromise that moves us along, yeah
My heart is full and my door's always open
You come anytime you want, yeah.
I don't mind spending every day
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile

Ask her if she wants to stay awhile

And she will be loved
And she will be loved
And she will be loved
And she will be loved
I know where you hide alone in your car
Know all of the things that make you who you are
I know that goodbye means nothing at all
Comes back and begs me to catch her every time she falls

Yeah
Tap on my window knock on my door
I want to make you feel beautiful
I don't mind spending every day
Out on your corner in the pouring rain, oh.
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved
And she will be loved
And she will be loved

And she will be loved

Please don't try so hard to say goodbye
Please don't try so hard to say goodbye
Yeah, yeah.
I don't mind spending every day
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Please don't try so hard to say goodbye 

 

For as long as time music has been open to interpretation.  This song is so much more to me than a song about a guy cheating on his girlfriend with her mother. That's what so many people out there hear when they hear the song, because of the music video. They fail to see number one that the eyes of the girl are the same in the end as his girlfriend. They fail to hear the LOVE and ACCEPTANCE in the song.  This is a song that has followed me through life since it hit the charts.  I was in a not so happy relationship and it reminded me that I was more than he was giving me credit for and deserved to be treated better. It reminds me that no matter what someone out there will love me, and accept me for me. That I will always have someone somewhere to turn to in my darkest of times. It lifts me up and reminds me that not only myself, but all women everywhere are beautiful even when we are broken.  This is just a good strong song for me personally. Not everyone is going to see it that way and that's ok. Just because it's such a personal song for me doesn't mean it has to be for everyone right? She will be loved has seen me through my worst times, and my best.  My husband will play it to pick me up. He knows that he is my guy waiting in the pouring rain. He knows he's the one who picked me up and fixed my broken smile.  He knows that he is everything to me, and he knows that this song reflects me as a person. My favorite part of the song is something you can apply to everyday life.  "It's not always rainbows and butterflies It's compromise that moves us along, yeah" So much about life is compromise.  A  lot of people assume it's all going to be rainbows and butterflies. Life is a beautiful mess don't get me wrong. It is amazing because it's an unwritten story that you make what you want of.  But it's also compromise and dirty. It's the grittiness of the work that brings you such great successes. It's about the failures you have that make you a stronger person and who you are.  Close your eyes and hear the song rather than judge it on what your eyes see. They cloud your heart.