Sidenote: Change In My Life

So I was just having a massive D&M ("Deep & Meaningful") with my cabin full of teenage girls about everything from diversity to leadership to religion and, after a week of trying to get it out of my head, the song "Change In My Life" came gallavanting back into the sticky section of my brain as a result of Sonia unfortunately said those exact words.

Now, after an hour of having Hanson's awe-inspiring a capella version of it doing laps of my skull, I thought I'd give it some props since sometimes the brilliance of the lyrics and the depth of my affection for them can be forgotten amidst the overplaying it is involuntarily abused with.

Standing cold and scared
On top of Blue Hill
There came one moment
When I lost my will
I prayed for mercy
Please, Lord, take me away
Give me sunshine
When I only see gray

The past had a hold on me
It can't be denied
And the changes don't come easily
Don't you know

I've been lonely
I've been cheated
Been misunderstood
I've been washed up
Put down
And told I'm no good
But with you I belong
'Cause you help me be strong
There's a change in my life
Since you came along

Woah, woah...
Woah, woah, yeah

Now, I don't mind working
So hard everyday
And I don't pay no mind
To what people say, no, no
Because after all
The pain I've been through
I'd give up everything
Just to love only you

All my life, I've held my
Head bent in shame
But now I've found you
And with you I remain
Don't you know

I've been lonely
I've been cheated
Been misunderstood
I've been washed up
Put down
And told I'm no good
But with you I belong
'Cause you help me be strong
There's a change in my life
Since you came along

Now, a man gets crazy
When his life is all wrong
And a heart gets weary
Where it doesn't belong
When the road gets rocky, Lord
You've got to keep on
Let the new light come
Shining on through
Don't you know

I've been lonely
I've been cheated
Been misunderstood
I've been washed up
Put down
And told I'm no good
But with you I belong
'Cause you help me be strong
There's a change in my life
Since you came along

Woah, woah...
Woah, woah, yeah
Woah, woah...
Woah, woah, yeah...