Risk -- Paul Brandt

I’d rather stand on the edge of a cliff
And hang my toes over a bit,
And then jump when they dare me,
Even if it scares me and I get hurt.
I’d rather build my wings on the way down,
Do my best not to fall to the ground
and than laugh at my mistakes
‘cause there only lessons I’ll learn

I’d rather burn with desire deep in my soul,
And love like a fire that’s out of control, and laugh and dance and fall
and chance and kiss
I’d rather live my whole life
with a sense of abandon,
Squeeze every drop out,
no matter what happens.
And not wonder what I've missed
I’d rather risk.

Well I guess I could just play it safe
and forget about love, hope and faith,
with my eye on the shore line,
keeping my boat tied and staying home,

ohhh but I’ll never discover new land
by keeping my feet on the sand
No I’d rather set sail
and get carried away by the storm.

I’d rather burn with desire deep in my soul,
And love like a fire that’s out of control, and laugh and dance and fall
and chance and kiss
I’d rather live my whole life
with a sense of abandon,
Squeeze every drop out,
no matter what happens.
And not wonder what I've missed
I’d rather risk.
I would rather risk

I’d rather burn with desire deep in my soul,
And love like a fire that’s out of control,
I’d live my whole life
with a sense of abandon,
Squeeze every drop out
no matter what happens.
And not wonder what I've missed
Oh I just can’t resist,
The chance to risk

Ohhh live, and love and laugh and dance and fall and chance and kiss

I’d rather risk
I'd rather risk
I’d rather risk
I'd rather risk
I’d rather risk
I'd rather risk

This song has so much meaning to it. I'm also personally attached to this song. I forgot to mention it in the list from my last post, but I'm glad I did. Because I can now do an entire post on this song and what it means to me. For all the really know me, you don't need and explanation for why this song describes me, but for those of you who don't, here's a quick overview.

One of my best friends, Tori, and I have said this was our song since it came out, and it really is. We're both risk takers. We're the ones who do Chinese Firedrills* at night, downtown Collingwood. Okay, okay, it's not THAT bad at night, downtown Collingwood... (*Chinese Firedrills; when you hit a stop light, that's JUST turned red, get out of the vehicle and run around it.. It's safe, trust me!). Tori and I call ourselves "Pinky & the Brain" because we are. We attempt to take over the world, in a good way. This song basically explains that her and I risk so much, just for the possibility to get that much farther in life. I take a risk everyday with what I do for CHD's. I try to make myself sound more "Respectable" because I am a teenager, and teenager today aren't exactly what you might call the adults of tomorrow, because most don't act like it. I could say/do one wrong thing, and I feel that is not everything then majority of what I worked on in the past year can fly out the window. That is something I don't want.

I guess you could say that in way it's like being.... say, Demi Lovato, Miley Cyrus, The Jonas brothers... They're all being watched like a hawk by the media, parents, kids, etc. I'm being watched by adults, parents, my niece, my nephew, cousins, etc. the only thing that's different is I'm not watched by the media. I may be watched by the fans of my facebook group, twitter, and website. But, if I do mess up, which I'm hoping I don't, it won't necessarily be plastered all over the TV, radio, internet, newspapers, or magazine's. So with everything I do everyday, I'm taking a risk.

There's something Ironic about this song too. I mentioned in my last post that I've become friends with Jessie. You'll hear a lot about both her and Tori in my posts. But it's positive things. These two ladies have helped a lot, and they've given me a lot of faith and have basically said without saying that I can do anything I put my mind too. These are just two people out of a lot that have done that. But for now, we stick with these two. Anyways- back to the ironic part. I had never told Jessie about this song, and what it meant to me. But when she was special guest on CMT Canada's show "Dedicated" her dedication went to me and the song she just happened to pick was "Risk" by Paul Brandt. It was already enough that she emailed me, donated a CD for the walk I did, wore the Phoenix Bracelet to the CCMA's, recognized me when I met her.... then this? She started out about this girl who gave her a bracelet with an angel on it, I had tuned out because I was reading a text and mom smacked me to pay attention and so I took a bite of my potatoes, and then Jessie said "and this girl is Bobbie-Jo Stewart..." well I screamed so loud my dad jumped and then I choked on a potato! To be recognized by someone who you admire for the work you've done, is something so amazing that I can't even put it into words. I felt like I had hit a new high, and those new highs have been continuing ever since.

Also - in the video there's a boy who has pulmonary Stenosis, which is a Congenital Heart Defect. I personally thought that was cool that a CHD baby (whose name is Levi I believe) is featured in a music video about taking risks.

XO,

Bobbie Jo