Falling In

Since I was little, I have always loved music. For as long as I can remember, I have listened to music as much as possible. When I got into middle school, I started listening to songs for the lyrics, rather than just the music alone.

I actually still have a folder with every song I have ever written which I should pull out again sometime. I know there are at least 30 songs I have written in that folder. I remember many of them had to do with "love" though I had no idea what that was. Thinking back on it, the guy many of them were about is married now. Wow.

Anyway, one of my favorite songs right now, due mostly to its lyrics, is Falling In my Lifehouse. Here are the lyrics:

Everytime I see your face
My heart takes off on a high speed chase
Now don't be scared, it's only love
Baby, that we're falling in

I can't wait to tomorrow
This feeling has swallowed me whole
And know that I've lost control
This heart that I've followed
Has left me so hollow
That was then, this is now, yeah you have changed everything

Everytime I see your face
My heart takes off on a high speed chase
Now don't be scared, it's only love
That we're falling in
I would never do you wrong
Or let you down or lead you on
Don't look down, it's only love
Baby, that we're falling in

I'm standing in your driveway
It's midnight and I'm sideways
To find out if you feel the same
Won't be easy, have my doubts too
But it's over, without you I'm just lost, incomplete
Yeah you feel like home, home to me

Everytime I see your face
My heart takes off on a high speed chase
Now don't be scared, it's only love
That we're falling in
I would never do you wrong
Or let you down or lead you on
Don't look down, it's only love
Baby, that we're falling in

All those nights I stayed away
Thinking of all the ways to make you mine
All of those smiles will never fade
Never run out of ways to blow my mind

Everytime I see your face
My heart takes off on a high speed chase
Now don't be scared, it's only love
That we're falling in
I would never do you wrong
Or let you down or lead you on
Don't look down, it's only love
Baby, that we're falling in
Don't be scared, it's only love
Baby, that we're falling in

I found these lyrics at this website.

I only wish I could have written something this real when I was 12. You can't honestly write about it if you have never experienced it. One of my friends on facebook had a status that I have heard often, but the more I hear it, the more I agree:

There is a difference between loving someone and being in love with someone. You can love someone and not be in love with them, but you cannot be in love with someone and not love them.

I think about my sister, for instance. I love Eryn. The bond we have is indescribable and I can't imagine life without her. Loving someone is that comfort knowing that you can do almost anything and they will still be there for you. They are your confidant.

Being in love with someone is similar, but there are differences. For instance, when you are in love, you want to make sacrifices for them, you want to go out of your way for them and you want to spend every waking moment with them. Now, I love my sister, but there is no way I could spend every waking moment with her. We would both go insane.

In this sense, I feel this song perfectly describes falling in love with someone versus just loving someone. Isn't it crazy how God gave us the ability to love? I am so thankful for that. :)