RELATING TO DEFYING GRAVITY LYRICS FROM THE MUSICAL: WICKED

“Happy is what happens when all your dreams come true.”

Stephen Schwartz, Thank Goodness, Wicked: The Musical

If you have a social media account, you’ll likely agree with me when I say that Wicked is everywhere right now! The release of the new movie, starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, is based on the original musical and it seems to be really trending right now – especially their skit for Jimmy Fallon (which you can watch here). And so, I decided to jump on the bandwagon with this blog post where I’ll be picking out some lyrics (you can read all of them here) from the Wicked song; Defying Gravity and illustrating how I relate to each bit…

ALL THE DIGITAL THINGS GETTING ME THROUGH A MENTAL HEALTH RELAPSE

So, in my last two posts (here and here) I talked about how my mental health has taken a massive nose dive since February, when I relapsed in my recovery. I have been sectioned and admitted to a psychiatric hospital (Lowry Ward - Acute Admission Ward (Newcastle) - CNTW049 - Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust), restrained, given medical treatment against my will, sedated, and put under the care of the two most advanced, specialist teams in my local mental health NHS Trust (CNTW) – the ‘Step Up team’ and the Crisis Team! So, I really wanted to put together a more positive and useful post…

WHEN YOU'VE GOT THAT SONG IN YOUR HEAD | RELATING TO P!NK LYRICS

So, for the past week I’ve have P!NK’s song What About Us in my head and have had it on repeat on Youtube! When I watched the lyric version of the song/video I found myself able to relate it to a lot of different things in my life and that gave me the inspiration to write this post.

If you want to read about the wide range of songs and singers that I relate to different parts on my life, there’s a post here

 We’re not broken just bent, and we can learn to love again

-       Just Give Me A Reason

THREE SONGS THAT I LIVE BY

Music is, in my opinion, one of the most powerful, influential, and incredible things in life. It can influence your mental state in the most obvious of ways; you could be feeling really sad and listen to an upbeat, motivational song and it has you up, out of bed, and smiling. Dancing, even! Or you could be dancing and singing loudly in the shower when a sad, moving, song jumps into your Spotify playlist and all of a sudden, you’re remembering a difficult time in your life when all of these heart-breaking lyrics applied to it.