When I was 17 ...

Heard a new song recently, and I swear it was written about me at 17 (18, 19, 20, and probably even 21 and 22, if I'm being honest). Time has proven to be a truly amazing emotional phenomenon ...

Beautiful Disaster

She loves her momma's lemonade,
Hates the sounds that goodbyes make
She prays one day she'll find someone to need her

She swears that there's no difference
Between the lies and compliments
It's all the same if everybody leaves her

And every magazine tells her she's not good enough,
The pictures that she sees makes her cry

She would change everything, everything, just ask her
Caught in the in between of beautiful disaster
She just needs someone to take her home

She's giving boys what they want,
Tries to act so nonchalant,
Afraid they'll see that she's lost her direction

She never stays the same for long,
Assuming that she'll get it wrong
Perfect only in her imperfection

She's not a drama queen
She doesn't wanna feel this way
Only 17 and tired

She would change everything for happy ever after
Caught in the in between of beautiful disaster
She just needs someone to take her home

She's just the way she is,
But no one's told her that's okay

She would change everything for happy ever after
Caught in the in between of beautiful disaster
She just needs someone to take her home


- Jon McLauglin

(I added the actual song to the bottom of my playlist.)