Not Like the Movies

Every once in a while, I treat myself to something I wouldn't normally buy & recently it was the Katy Perry CD.  I love it for all sorts of reasons and I don't feel bad about it- so don't judge.

Anyways, for a really long time I have been wondering where the love stories come from that so many people write about.  The ones that make it into books, movies, poems, plays, and songs.  Those feelings have to come from somewhere.  Yes, people are talented & have wild imaginations, but even a sliver of the love and excitement that can be found in those stories is pretty amazing, so it has to be real to some degree.  There are people that say that romantic movies are unrealistic and give people disillusioned ideas of what love is like & I say that those people suck. 

It's out there. That one of a kind, knock you on your butt, crazy about each other love is there, waiting to be found.  Why shouldn't it be like the movies?  Who makes rules like that anyways?  It isn't supposed to be easy until the moment you get there, which is zero fun.  Being hurt by people who aren't right for you is so frustrating, but they have to play their part.  You have to have the crappy people in order to recognize and appreciate the good people, you have to have the failed love stories so that the successful one is better than anything you have ever experienced before. Sure, there probably won't be some movie montage with a perfect song for what you are feeling along the way, but hey- you could probably make one if that is what will help you believe.

There is a video called "Flame" that I had the opportunity to watch this semester & it talks about there actually being 3 different meanings of love (due to the fact that there are 3 words for love in the Hebrew language), and each one has to be present in order for it to be real.  There is the friendship/committment aspect, the love story/soul mate aspect, and then of course the physical aspect.  Each one represents something so different in a relationship & when they are all together- you get that perfect love story. 

So, back to Katy Perry. When the song "Not Like The Movies" came on, it solidified everything I was thinking and hoping for.  It's out there, for me, somewhere.  I won't settle & I won't give up hope.  I might already know him, I might meet him next week, or next year, but the fact that he's out there somewhere is enough encouragement for now.

 He put it on me, I put it on,
Like there was nothing wrong.
It didn't fit,
It wasn't right.
Wasn't just the size.
They say you know,
When you know.
I don't know.

I didn't feel
The fairytale feeling, no.
Am I a stupid girl
For even dreaming that I could.

If it's not like the movies,
That's how it should be, yeah.
When he's the one,
I'll come undone,
And my world will stop spinning
And that's just the beginning, yeah.

Snow white said when I was young,
"One day my prince will come."
So I wait for that date.
They say its hard to meet your match,
Find my better half.
So we make perfect shapes.
If stars don't align,
If it doesn't stop time,
If you cant see the sign,
Wait for it.
One hundred percent,
With every penny spent.
He'll be the one that,
Finishes your sentences.

If it's not like the movies,
That's how it should be.
When he's the one,
He'll come undone,
And my world will stop spinning,
And that's just the beginning.

'Cause I know you're out there,
And you're, you're looking for me.
It's a crazy idea that you were made,
Perfectly for me you'll see.

Just like the movies.
That's how it will be.
Cinematic and dramatic with the perfect ending.
It's not like the movies,
But that's how it will be.
When he's the one,
You'll come undone,
And your world will stop spinning,
And it's just the beginning.