Wednesday, April 27, 2011

It's not who you knew, and it's not what you did. It's how you live!

This is my First Blog ever!! I had been reading a few of my friends, and I really got inspired to make one of my own. So I thought that the first thing I write on should be about how I got the title of this blog. How You Live (Turn Up the Music) is a song by Point of Grace. As the end of the school year is drawing near for me, I think of how just a short year ago I was graduating from high school. I used to sing solos in church all the time, and I chose this song to be the last song I would sing before graduation, leaving for the summer, and moving 12 hours away. I've always gotten amazing support about my singing from my church family at Grace Baptist back home, and the message I was singing in this song ended up being pretty emotional. This song sends a message to turn up the music; to go for it in any situation. Because it really is how you live that matters.

Here are the rest of the lyrics!
 
Wake up to the sunlight with your windows open
Don't hold in your anger or leave things unspoken
Wear your red dress use your good dishes
Make a big mess and make lots of wishes
Have what you want, but want what you have
And don't spend you life looking back

Turn up the music Turn it up Loud
Take a few chances Let it all out
Because you won't regret it
Looking back from where you have been
Because it's not who you knew and it's not what you did
It's how you Live

So go to the ballgames and go to the ballet
And go see your folks more than just on the holidays
Kiss all your children Dance with your wife
Tell your husband you love him every night
Don't run from the truth cause you can't get away
Oh no
Just face it and you'll be ok
Turn up the music Turn it up Loud
Take a few chances Let it all out
Because you won't regret it
Looking back from where you have been
Because it's not who you knew and it's not what you did
It's how you Live

Where ever you are and wherever you've been
Now is a time to begin

So give to the needy and Pray for the grieving
Even when you don't think that you can
Cause all that you do is bound to come back to you
So think of your fellow man
And make peace with God and Make peace with yourself
Oh yeah
Cause in the end there's nobody else

Turn up the music Turn it up Loud
Take a few chances Let it all out
Because you won't regret it
Looking back from where you have been
Because it's not who you knew and it's not what you did
It's how you Live

Because it's not who you knew and it's not what you did
It's how you Live

2 comments:

  1. Nolan...this song is amazing! This is a song that I would probably add to my iTunes playlist titled "If my Heart Could Speak." Thanks for posting this!

    As a fellow music nut, I am excited to follow this blog!

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  2. I really enjoyed when you did this song last year. It was especially awesome since I've been able to see you grow from the little middle-schooler into the young man you are now.

    I'm really looking forward to reading your blog.

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