Have you ever been in a place in your life where you feel like you are alone in your thoughts? Or maybe you feel like there is no one who cares about you? In Demi Lovato’s new song “Anyone” she expresses this deep pain. The song begins with a soft piano part and she then begins singing. Through the course of this song, you can hear the suffering that Lovato has gone through. She wrote “Anyone” because she knows how many people struggle with similar things to her.
In the first verse of her song, Lovato sings, “Talked to my imagination. Confided into alcohol…” In this part of the song, Lovato is being extremely vulnerable. In fact, Lovato performed this song at the Grammy’s and had to restart because she started crying. In the video, you can see tears streaming down her face as she sings this song. For those of you who did not know, Lovato has recently spoke on her previous struggles with addiction. I’m sure that if it were Lovato’s first wish, she would not bring her problems with drugs and alcohol to the public eye, however, she is being very selfless when she writes and speaks honestly. In these lyrics, she sings about how alcohol was her counselor. Through sharing these lyrics, she hopes to encourage other people in similar situations to seek help and to make a change in their lives.
In the pre-chorus of “Anyone”, she sings “nobody’s listening to me, nobody’s listening.” During this part of the song, the piano is still lightly playing in the background, but her voice is gradually getting more powerful. As the strength in her voice grows, we can start to feel her pain more and more. Lovato expresses how she felt alone in the world. Though she never speaks of this directly, I believe that Lovato is crying out to her listeners, trying to get them to realize that we all have people who love us, no matter our circumstances.
The most powerful and heart-wrenching part of this song is the chorus. Lovato sings, “Anyone, please send me anyone. Lord, is there anyone? I need someone…” During these lyrics, the piano part and Lovato’s voice become very powerful. Through these lyrics, Lovato is expressing how she cried out for help. She was tired of living the life she had and was ready for a change, so she asked for help. This is a wonderful message that Lovato sends through this song. So many people in our world are too prideful to admit that they need help, and Lovato knows this. In being vulnerable, she begs people to set their pride aside, like she has, and just ask for help because she knows that living a life full of suffering is not worth maintaining your pride.
Even though Lovato has gone through a lot of pain and suffering, she still has a lot of courage. She puts her pride aside to help people through her story and music, and because of that, I commend her. Lovato did not share this song for sympathy. She opened herself up so that you could learn to ask for help when things get hard. Life is only what you make it. If you do not take advantage of the opportunity to become a happier version of yourself, then you will struggle your whole life.
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