Musical Hope

We Weren't Born To Follow

This song is by Bon Jovi. Because this song is brilliant and a life helper, well I'm hoping you can be happier whenever you hear it. 

Read on, ya idgits!

This one goes out to the man who mines for miracles. 

This one goes out to the ones in need. 

This one goes out to the sinner and the cynical;

this ain't about no apology. 

This road was paved by the hopeless and the hungry;

 this road was paved by the winds of change.

 Walking beside the guilty and the innocent; 

how will you raise your hand when they call your name? 

Yeah, yeah, yeah... 

  This is for more than just these people. This is for anyone who needs it. And don't be too quick to label yourself according to society's rules- be who you are, not someone you aren't. But please stay within the realm of safety and reason. This is meant to help, not harm.  

We all make our own roads in our lives. Some roads intersect with others. But just because there are new paths to take around every corner doesn't mean that you should fall to your knees to worry about what road to take. Schools, jobs, sometimes they make you feel like you have collapsed in the middle of a busy highway and every single vehicle is hitting you. But please, please, please remember these words:

We weren't born to follow, c'mon and get up, off your knees. 

When life is a bitter pill to swallow, you gotta hold on to what you believe. 

Believe that the sun will shine tomorrow, and that your saints and your sinners bleed. 

We weren't born to follow. You gotta stand up for what you believe. 

Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, oh yeah...

Hey, no matter what some say, don't worry about following the crowd. Do not feel bad if you don't conform to any type of 'norm.' Be yourself, because that is who you're supposed to be. If you believe in that sort of thing, anyway. If you don't, then know that you being you is you paving your own road in the direction you want it to go. Or maybe you feel a combination of both and/or neither of these things. The point remains the same- you weren't born to follow, so believe in yourself. 

 This one goes out to anyone who does it differently. 

This one's about the one who cusses and spits.

 This ain't about our livin' in  a fantasy. 

This ain't about giving up or giving in... 

Yeah, yeah, yeah... 

Please, please, please don't ever think about giving up or giving in. And if you prefer to live in a fantasy, do. Just remember how to be alive here in our physical plane of existence. Be different. Be unique, because there is only one of you and there will never be another. Be you, because one day, you will have the people who matter to you most because they love and appreciate you for being you. 

We weren't born to follow, c'mon and get up, off your knees. 

When life is a bitter pill to swallow, you gotta hold on to what you believe. 

Believe that the sun will shine tomorrow, and that your saints and your sinners bleed. 

We weren't born to follow. You gotta stand up for what you believe. 

Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah... 

We weren't born to follow, c'mon and get up, off your knees. 

When life is a bitter pill to swallow, you gotta hold on to what you believe. 

Believe that the sun will shine tomorrow, and that your saints and your sinners bleed. 

We weren't born to follow. You gotta stand up for what you believe. 

Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah...

Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah...  

 We weren't born to follow, oh yeah... 

You are human. And you know what that means? It means that you are your own person, with your own thoughts and feelings and personality that no one can take away from you. It means that there has never been someone like you before, and never will be once you go. You are as unique as a unicorn to our planet; and that is an amazing thing. So c'mon and get up off your knees. You can do anything you put your mind to- just believe in yourself. 

Now, obviously, you don't have to listen to me if you don't want to. But that's my entire point: You can do whatever you want. You can be whomever you want. But if you do what my advice, then listen to this song.

You weren't born to follow. So do what you please. But please remember that if you ever feel down that you are an amazing person. If you were born to do anything, it was to be yourself. Good luck.