Songs with Stories

Song title: You're Gonna Miss This
Song artist: Trace Adkins
Link to the lyrics: click here

Plot:
A daughter is constantly looking at what the future will be. She wants to be older and move on with each new thing. Her dad notices her eagerness and tells her to take life slowly. He tries to communicate to her that she is going to miss the things going on right in front of her.

Characters:
The dad/singer/narrator
The daughter
Her mom
The plumber
Her two kids

Conflict:
She wants to grow up and keep moving on with her life with every new point she reaches. Her dad realizes that she's just going to pass her life by waiting for the next best thing and he wants her to take it slow and enjoy the moment.

Theme:
Enjoying the stage of life that you're in.

Setting:
In the car outside the school
In her new house as a newlywed
In her home later in life

Song title: That Should Be Me
Song artist: Rascal Flatts and Justin Bieber
Link to Lyrics: click here

Plot:
Home boy Justin or one of the Rascals are on the rocks with a girl. He thinks she's with someone else and he tells how he feels about her being with another guy.

Characters:
Home boy Justin
The Rascals
The girl
The other guy

Conflict:
There's another guy. Who's getting in the way.

Theme:
Communication
Breaking up
End of the road in the relationship
Heartache

Setting:
They are probably somewhere private, grieving over their lost loves

Both songs are on the playlist to the right!