The House that Built Me

                The song “The House that Built Me” by Miranda Lambert used to be one of my favorite songs. It has such a calming tone to it that drew me in. Although I loved it, I had never really listened to what they lyrics were saying until a few days ago when it came on the radio in my car. To see these lyrics you can go to http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/mirandalambert/thehousethatbuiltme.html or just Youtube the name of the song.

                The song is something that I feel a lot of people can relate to, because it really is talking about losing yourself, realizing it, and wanting to find you again. In the first few lines, she talks as if she is saying all of this to the current owner of her old house, whom she doesn’t know but wants to make her understand that the place she is living in is where she grew up in. In the chorus she goes on to say that she just wants to look around the house, remember all of the times she had there. She promises she won’t take anything, just a memory. With all of this, you can imagine her walking into the house and seeing with her memories not her eyes; seeing things that used to be there, not what is there now. This is what is helping her remember who she used to be and what she used to do and how it all made her into the person she wishes she still was.

                One of the lines in this song says, “You leave home, you move on and you do the best you can.
I got lost in this whole world and forgot who I am.” This sentence is what portrays her motivation for the whole thing. That she grew up, moved out, and all of what surrounded her is what changed her. She may have been trying her hardest to stay true to herself, but she got lost in her attempts to do other things.

                This song is a good one in my opinion, and if you listen to it deeply enough you can feel the emotion in it and it can cause you to think of what made you into the person you are. The world today can be so busy, and although it isn’t always fair to blame other things, it can make you change, sometimes for the better, but sometimes for the worse. What matters is that in the end you realize who you are and find what works for you and what makes you happiest. (402)