Love Songs

I personally don't believe in soul mates—I don't believe that there is one person in this world who was made to be your other half. That places too much in the hands of fate and circumstance. But I guess I do think that it can be viewed as a quest. A personal journey of self-exploration that will allow you to reevaluate priorities and better determine suitable characteristics in a partner. The song that most accurately depicts my ideal relationship is "I Like You" by Ben Rector. The lyrics say, "There's no need to complicate it / Dress it up or overstate it." I, personally, think love is over exaggerated, and I think this song notes the importance of getting back to the basics of love—actually liking the person you're with.

Some love songs that I like are:

1. And I Love Her by The Beatles
A lot of The Beatles' songs—especially their earlier material—are romantic. What I love so much about The Beatles love songs is that they are sweet and simple.

Bright are the stars that shine

Dark is the sky

I know this love of mine

Will never die

And I love her

2. Ever Enough by A Rocket to the Moon
This song presents love as an enduring force because people are willing to fight for love, even when hope is fading.

Everything inside of me is living in your heartbeat

Even when all the lights are fading

Even then if your hope was shaking

I'm here holding on

3. Still Into You by Paramore
This song simply states that relationships aren't always easy, but when there is love, people have a reason to keep fighting.

It's not a walk in the park
To love each other
But when our fingers interlock
Can't deny, can't deny you're worth it
'Cause after all this time I'm still into you

4. She Is Love by Parachute
What I love about this song is that the lyrics look at a relationship with love itself, describing what love in general will do for you. While the song is romantically inclined, as "love" is given the persona "she," the lyrics really emphasize the power of love as an entity.

I've been beaten down, I've been kicked around
But she takes it all for me.
And I lost my faith, in my darkest days,
But she makes me want to believe.
They call her love, love, love, love, love.

5. I Like You by Ben Rector

This is probably my favorite love song. Ben Rector calls out other love songs for being too over the top, saying the life isn't only the high/good moments, and love songs should not reflect only the great moments of love. Sometimes love is just something that happens when you're "walking in between" big moments of your life, and I think that's a beautiful way to describe love.

There are way too many love songs
And I think they've got it all wrong
Cause life is not the mountain tops
It's the walking in between
And I like you walking next to me.