Fifteen

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The song 'Fifteen' is a beautiful portrayal of a typical high school experience. It starts on the first day of high school, walking through the doors. The narrator is obviously very nervous and she is trying to stay out of everyone's way. She has loads of dreams. She has a lot that she wants to do. Being a typical teenager, she believes that she has everything figured out. 

One of her little dreams was hoping to catch the eye of a senior boy. She wanted to be seen. (This is something that every teenage girl wants. Everyone wants to be seen and known.) The speaker tells us that when you're fifteen, you really believe in love. If someone tells you that they love you, you believe them without a doubt. She believes that she knows what she's doing. 

The speaker talks about meeting her best friend by chance. All she did was sit next to this girl, and things just fell into place. Before she knew it, they were inseparable. Smash cut into her first date. Her mom was waiting to hear all about it. As any teenager would think, she thought that he was the one. She thought she was the one she would share her life with. 

Up until now, the song is like a beautiful fairytale, where nothing could go wrong. Soon, she realized that there was more to life than dating a popular guy. She didn't know that when she was fifteen. All she wanted then was to be the object of someone's attraction and attention. She tells us that if she could go back in time, she would advise her younger self against this. She thought she would marry this guy someday, but she realized that she had bigger things to achieve. 

The point of this song is to tell us that the things you experience during your teenage years aren't things that will last all throughout your life. However, we can see that the friendships you form are very important. Here, the speaker and her friend both cry together. This is a metaphor for facing problems together. Romantic relationships that you have during high school won't last. However, they will teach you things. Friendships on the other hand are very strong. This song is telling us to look for our dreams and to make sure that nothing gets in our way. This is what I think the song is trying to tell us.  


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  1. Anderlin VictorMay 25, 2024 at 4:31 PM

    I remember being fifteen and loving a girl like crazy. I soon realised that those weren't even considered real feelings. It's just teenage love. It's as unrealistic as it gets.

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