Born to Try

It's Anzac Day today, which is Australia's and New Zealand's national day of remembrance. At first I was thinking of using the 'Last Post' as song of the day to acknowledge the men and women who have served during conflicts, however, I feel a bit unqualified to write about it and I don't want to accidentally be disrespectful.

Instead, I then thought of having an Australian song, and it was by chance that a couple days ago I was doing a quiz and one of the answers was "Delta Goodrem". So I thought, let's have a throwback to childhood and have the 2003 hit 'Born to Try' which is so nostalgic. Yesterday was the first day in probably thirteen years that I saw the music video and I was actually surprised to find that I could not just sing along, but belt along when the crescendo hits to it's climax. Also, I was also surprised that I remember the music video itself so well.

'Born to Try' is from her 'Innocent Eyes' album (which is also a fantastic song, probably my favourite song of hers), and for those who are my age, it probably dominated a lot of friends parties and sleepovers; that and 'Predictable', 'Innocent Eyes' and 'Lost without you'. I know it certainly featured in a lot of my friends parties when I was eight until probably twelve.

'Born to Try', listening to it again now I'm twenty, all of a sudden, it seems more relevant to my life, because let's face it, I have more challenges now than what I had when I was a kid. A song that I used to like based on the sound, now seems like a really insightful lyrical song about how to regard life:

That I was born to try

I've learned to love

Be understanding

And believe in life

But you've got to make choices

Be wrong or right

Sometimes you've got to sacrifice the things you like

But I was born to try

So here is 'Born to Try' and hopefully people also find it really motivational: 

Actually, because I really have entered the nostalgic mood with Delta, here is also 'Innocent Eyes':