Something that stood out to me this week was lyrics of a song.  The song Left Alone by Fiona Apple touched me in a way that really made me identify with what she was saying.  Because it is a song people might feel or relate differently to the lyrics and if people can relate the lyrics to specific situations like I did it builds a unique connection between the artist and who is listening to it.  When I first listened to Left Alone some parts of the song like “And now I’m hard, too hard to know” which connects to parts of my life where I did not think I was able to be understood by people just because they hasn’t gone through what I been through, which I believe is a common mistake people make.  Instead of connecting their stories and relate one to another they just complain about them or their situation being a priority.  “And now I’m hard, too hard to know” also reminds me of how much I closed my self for relationships with friends, family and people in general because of past situations that took away from me the ability of open up to people and give them the opportunity to know me.  Other parts of the son that I relate to was” I don’t cry when I’m sad anymore, no no”  Sometimes it was really hard to put myself together after situations that took away from me the energy of expressing my feelings, either by words or simply tears. It was not even the case of not being touched enough to make me cry but it was because the tears would not come out, and instead I would feel the strong pain in my so called heart.  Another part of the song that really relates to me probably the most was when she said” How can I ask anyone to love me, when all I do is beg to be left alone” I feel like not just me but couple of other people has felt this way. I believe the main reason why we put ourselves in this position is because we are scared of open up to new experiences and we are afraid to get hurt so the easiest thing to do is ask to be left alone, because alone we are protected from feelings and people’s intentions towards us.  We want to be left alone but at the same time we want to feel like there are people who care and who want to be part of our lives.