"I do love knitting patterns."

This is an assignment I had to do in choir. I got 100%, so I thought I'd share it with you guys. (I bleeped out my name for privacy)

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Soundtrack to my Life

 

By Brittany F*****

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All About Me

 

I have learned a lot about change and effort this year.

 

I have learned that if you want your dream to come true, you really have to work hard at it. If you want something, you have to aim for it yourself.

 

I also learned to appreciate life just as it is, and accept what you are given.

 

 

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."

--Barack Obama

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1.    "Breakin' Up" by Rilo Kiley

 

Just like any human being, I have been broken up with or just plain broken up with by the opposite sex. This song makes me feel powerful, or just makes me forget about boys and want to have fun.

 

"Betrayal is a thorny crown
You wear it well
Just like a king"

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 2. "I Hear Music" by Billie Holiday

 

This song relaxes me, and reminds me of a child amazed by all the noise surrounding them.

 

"I hear music
Mighty fine music
The murmur of a morning breeze up there
The rattle of the milkman on the stair"

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3. "Losing Sleep" by Charlotte Sometimes

 

This song, to me, is about trying to conquer things yourself, and feeling powerful, yet exhausted.

"Be the star you know you are
Don't you, Don't you dare fail
You can own that balance beam
Two steps forward towards make believe"

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4. "In Paradisum" from Gabriel Faure's Requiem

 

This is my favorite movement from the Requiem written by Gabriel Faure. This song is the one I sang with the rest of the choir at Carnegie Hall.

"In paradisum deducant angeli in tuo adventu suscipiant te martyres."

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5. "Beware! Cougar!" by The Academy Is...

 

This song describes a romantic situation I had ongoing into this year.

 

"You taught me things I can't forget.
Positions that I don't regret.
I can't walk away, and I can't shake the taste."

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6. "Merry Happy" by Kate Nash

 

This song is a good closing to a relationship. It says that while I enjoyed your company, I can be just fine on my own. This song is describing my current attitude towards a romantic interest.

 

 

"Dancing at discos
Eating cheese on toast
Yeah you make me merry make me very, very happy
But you obviously, you didn't want to stick around"

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7. "Money, Money, Money" by ABBA

 

I am growing up in a recession, having to cut corners, and am learning how to invest smartly with money. Currently, my life is ruled by money.

 

"Money, money, money
Must be funny
In the rich man's world

Money, money, money
Always sunny
In the rich man's world"

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8. "Sixteen" by No Doubt

 

I turned sixteen years old this year, and a lot of things happened this year that opened up my world.

 

"You've had your little backyard
Protected by big walls
You didn't dare look over
'Cause you've been too small"

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9. "Out There" from Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame

 

This song expresses Quasimodo's desire to see more of the world, and get outside of his "prison" that is the bell tower of Notre Dame. While I am not in the exact same position as Quasimodo, my desire is just the same.

 

"All my life I watch them as I hide up here alone
Hungry for the histories they show me"

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10. "Pressure" by Paramore

 

 

This song is about feeling stress, and just about to explode. Obviously, as someone with Asperger's Syndrome, I feel this way quite often.

 

"Cause I fear I might break
and I fear I can't take it"

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11. "Ex-Girlfriend Syndrome" by Charlotte Sometimes

 

To me, this song is about being with someone you should stay away from, you know you need to stay away from them, yet they keep you coming back for more.

 

"With a note from my head
Opposite of what my heart said"

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Credits

 

Front, Back, and Inside Cover Pictures taken by Brittany F*****

"Losing Sleep" picture courtesy of Buffy the Vampire Slayer

"Out There" picture courtesy of Disney

"Ex-Girlfriend Sydrome" picture courtesy of Lost

All other picture credits unknown

 

Rilo Kiley appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records

Billie Holiday appears courtesy of Columbia Records

Charlotte Sometimes appears courtesy of Geffen Records

The Academy Is... appears courtesy of Fueled By Ramen Records

Kate Nash appears courtesy of Fiction Records

ABBA appears courtesy of Atlantic Records

No Doubt appears courtesy of Interscope Records

Paramore appears courtesy of Fueled By Ramen Records

 

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1.   "Breakin' Up" by Rilo Kiley

2.   "I Hear Music" by Billie Holiday

3.   "Losing Sleep" by Charlotte Sometimes

4.   "In Paradisum" from Gabriel Faure's Requiem

5.   "Beware! Cougar!" by The Academy Is...

6.   "Merry Happy" by Kate Nash

7.   "Money, Money, Money" by ABBA

8.   "Sixteen" by No Doubt

9.   "Out There" from Disney's The Hunchback from Notre Dame

10.  "Pressure" by Paramore

11.  "Ex-Girlfriend Syndrome" by Charlotte Sometimes

 

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Each line break represents a different page.

I just have to say that this was the best project ever.