Eyes Open

The song “Eyes Open” written and recorded by Taylor Swift, is a amazing and meaningful song.  It was in the soundtrack for the movie the “hunger games”.  I love this song, the lyrics, the theme, and the tune.  This song has so many behind the scene detail that don’t come at first when you hear it. When I first heard this song I just thought it was about the Huger Games and the main character Katniss. But when you hear the lyrics over and over again, which I have done before, you see that this song, in my opinion is about the struggle for some warriors and soldiers. I don’t only mean the people who go out to war I mean everyone/anyone who is facing their own struggle.

The song has many interesting verses but one that I found one that stood out to me the most. “The tricky thing Is yesterday we were just children Playing soldiers
Just pretending Dreaming dreams with happy endings In backyards, winning battles with our wooden swords But now we've stepped into a cruel world Where everybody stands and keeps score” 

I guess the reason it stood out to me was because of the way that it linked it back to a childhood, not anyone's in particular but It makes you think of the world before it was crazy and full of struggles.

I find this song interesting not only because of its catchy tune but because it sparks a memory of something so peaceful to me and that makes it even more interesting when she talks about struggles and being scared because I can relate to the differences between my peace and struggles.