I Found My Lady an Anthem

So, once upon a time in high school, I really liked Hilary Duff's music. (Still do, to be honest.) Since I was a poor high school student, I downloaded a bunch of her songs and burned a cd to listen to in my room while I got ready for school or did my homework and whatnot. Forever ago, when I was getting ready for a 6 hour drive to go visit my mom, I stuck this cd in my car so that I had good music that I knew and could sing to so that I could stay awake. (I am notorious for falling asleep on long drives.) Well, a few days ago I popped that cd back into the stereo of my car because there were no good songs on the radio, and as I'm listening to the tracks and singing along, this song comes on.

At first I'm not really paying attention to the lyrics, even though I know them by heart. I'm just singing along, grooving in my car. Then, towards the end, I start listening. Then I start the song over. And all of the sudden I realized, this song is exactly something that my main female character would say. The angsty music, the "What do you really want from me?" lyrics - it was absolutely perfect. I was in awe. So now I've been listening to this song constantly and it's given me an almost crystal clear scene in my head and after I post this, I'll be typing it up so that I don't lose it for when I get to that scene and I need it. It's given me a great insight to her character and it's been awesome to see how it's helping me change things up so that the characters feel more real.

So thank you to Hilary Duff - almost 10 years after I downloaded this song - for making music that still speaks to me. It's been inspiring, to say the least.