_ This is possibly the most melancholy song I will ever post here.  As always though there is a distinct reasoning behind it.  The lyrics speak heavily of how hard it is to grow up alone.  Within my story Liliana really only has one person in her life, and even he is forced to leave her.  Twenty may seem like such an adult age to most people, but I can assure you it isn’t.  At 20 you are expected to have a direction in life, a path to grow from, but when there is really no one there to nurture you, that growth is severely stunted and you have to teach yourself how life works, both the good and the bad.

So here is, I Taught Myself How To Grow by Ryan Adams




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