Don't dumb yourself down to the world, but Instead prove to the world Just How Smart you Are ! ~ This quote Is by Me... ~Anna R. Davenport ~

I thought up of this of an influencing motivational thought, while in my english class last Wednesday...
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Don't dumb yourself down to the world, but Instead prove to the world Just How Smart you Are ! ~ This quote Is by Me...  ~Anna R. Davenport ~

SKYSCRAPER ~ By Demi Lovato...

SKYSCRAPER ~ By Demi Lovato

Anna Davenport

English Class-6:30pm

Song Lyric assignment

Standing Up Like a Skyscraper

This song connects with me in more than one way, and I hope it connects to you too in some way; whether you may have had a similar experience; or a different experience that this song speaks to you as well as it spoke to me. I wrote down about Demi Lovato, who had inspired me to write this personal message about her song and how it spoke to me and reflected upon me. 


Demi Lavoto is 19 years old, she was born August 20^th, 1992; in Albuquer, New Mexico. United States. Demi, not only sings, she also writes her own songs, plays guitar and the piano; she is also a model and is an actress as well. Since 2002 she has been acting for Disney and Hollywood.

 “Sky Scraper is a song performed by American recording artist Demi Lovato. It was written by Toby Gad, Lindy Robbins and Kerli Kojv and produced by Gad for Lovato's third studio album called “Unbroken.” Demi wanted a chance to record this song, as she; herself felt that the song “Sky Scraper” related to her as well.

Lovato sang very emotionally during the song “Skyscraper.” I also read that after Demi Sang “Skyscarper it triggered her to outbursts and caused her to start crying. According to Demi Lovato, the song portrays her journey she had been through the prior year. She had entered a treatment facility to deal with her personal struggles at that time.

“Skyscraper" is a very vocal song and the lyrics speak of “staying strong and believing in your-self.” The song opens with a lonely piano sound that is soon synchronized by a heavy beating or striking of a musical instrument. Lovato’s showcase was breathtaking and her quivering vocals throughout the song were very well-received, “from music critics and also from the media; the majority of them praising Lovato's vocals and the inspirational lyrics.”

When I first heard the song “Skyscraper” By Demi Lovato; I instantly felt drawn to her words. As she sings about “skies are crying, I am watching catching teardrops in my hands.” I can’t help but reflect on all my sad moments that happened in my past; and all the tears I had shed.

Then how I would go from crying to not making a sound at all, as I felt myself recovering from all the pain; I had felt inside myself dissipating. Just like in the song where Demi goes on and sings about “only silence as it is ending.”

Then her song goes on about how someone made her feel like there was nothing left of her.

I, myself, have often felt this way too. Such as when my dad, use to yell at my sisters and me when he was drunk, and called my sisters and me; “worthless pieces of trash.” I did feel worthless when he spoke those cruel words at us; I also felt like I was nothing and meant nothing to him; or anyone else.

 The one reason I feel like I can relate to Demi the most through her song, is because in my own way I did stand up my dad and tell him face to face of how I didn’t believe him and that I would show him that I would be a somebody someday; and that my sisters and I weren’t pieces of trash.

 Just like how the song goes on in saying “go on and try to tear me down, I will be rising from the ground, like a skyscraper; like a skyscraper.”

 I, myself, can only interpret; of how at first I didn’t’ fully understand how I was able to stand up to my dad. I was just a kid at the age of eight or nine when I first stood up to my dad; and as I reflect on that moment it’s kind of funny; but at that moment I did feel much taller and stronger than I actually was, which is another way most people describe skyscrapers to be. This is another reason why I chose this song, and I feel that I can best relate to the lyrics.

 It had taken me awhile to know exactly what I wanted to say to my dad, but after having to hear his cruel words spit at my sisters and me, that rage I felt at hearing those cruel words over and over again; it just ate at me. Until I was able to scream at my own father what had been bubbling up inside of me all that time. It was at that moment that I believe that even my dad saw who he was through my eyes, and it was from then on that he had started to show more respect; for my sisters and me.  From the songs perspectives, I was able, to reflect on these thoughts where the song begins on describing how “as the smoke clears, I awaken and untangle you from me.”

There are still times when I reflect on that time, when my father use to repeat his cruel drunken words at us, that I feel more fragile and crushed and torn up inside; “like a piece of glass, like a piece of paper.” So in that way I am still broken, but I am not going to give up on my hopes, my dreams; or myself. Just, how Demi describes in her song, about all the windows being broken still; but that she is still able to stand up on her own.

There has and I feel that there always will be moments in life where others will try to belittle you, or tear you down, in life. That is when I feel that you need to stand up for your self, and never be afraid to stand up for what you believe in or what is right; and show “them” or that person that your stronger then whatever they have to “throw” at you.

I would also like to add that I am very proud to have a relationship with my father now. He has been going to A.A. meetings to help himself recover from his drinking problem. He has been doing much better, and has been more of a father to me now than he has ever been. My dad is very remorseful for his past mistakes, and I love him, for his huge effort and change in personality; for the better. My father is the most encouraging and greatest dad as well now, and I wouldn’t trade him for the world!