The Rest is Still Unwritten

I thought it would be interesting to my last blog on a song analysis instead of a book or poem analysis that we have done in the past. I picked the 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

The voice doesn't have any "words" written about her, so she is considered "undefined." Because she has a closed mind, a reader could not define her because she is an "unwritten" character.  The voice says to open up your mind and express yourself through actions instead of words.  The "dirty window" acts as a shield from the outside world to let life and words flow in to life. 

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.

The speaker wants a reader to open up to the outside world and embrace life, like reaching in the distance, because it is intangible, but is still so close and precious to a human.  The speaker is saying that no other person can describe who you are, only you can make yourself.  No other person can read your mind and be inside you.  The speaker says to "drench yourself in words unspoken" or just be yourself, and live your life with arms wide open: to the fullest.  The speaker states that today is where your life begins and it is just starting, and you can only write your own story.

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

The speaker is saying that she is not the typical person, and she can only be herself, even if it is not "normal" or "cool." The speaker states that all humans make mistakes, even if you think you are perfect.  She admits that she is not perfect, unlike others that will not admit that. 

The moral of this song is that everybody is only themselves, and all we can do is ride along life, and cannot predict what our fate and fortune is or will be.  The speaker says that is okay that we stray outside the lines, that we are not perfect, and not like anyone else. Nobody can read our minds, speak our words, feel what we feel. That what makes every person unique.  That's why I strive to never be a stereotype.  The rest of my life is still unwritten, so is yours.  

<3 Always be your own person