Tiny Dancer Caroline Glaser Analysis

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Memories After All From the middle of my life on, I have realized that my family has never been normal. As my life started off I lived in Fredonia. Then, I moved to Colorado and lived there for around three years. I also lived in Gillette, Wyoming but not for very long, and that is where I first started my dancing. Several years later, my mom and dad got a divorce and I felt like my life had been completely flipped and ruined. Music plays a big role in my life, because when I feel sad it helps me get through tough times and certain songs represent eventful moments in my life. To start off, one song that means a lot to me is “Tiny Dancer” by Caroline Glaser. My favorite part off the song is, “Ballerina, you must have seen here dancing in the sand” (Glaser). These lyrics represent an elegant
“Well, you almost had me fooled, told me that I was nothing without you” (Viola). When my mom and dad were going through a divorce, my dad talked really bad about my mom in front of my brother and I. So, those words mean a lot because he tried to make us believe that my mom was a bad person and that we couldn't trust anything she said. “And we both know all the truth I could tell….” (Viola). At first my mom and dad tried to hide the divorce from us and lie about why one parent wasn't here when the other one was, and that really made an impact on me, but my brother doesn't remember much so it doesn't effect him like it does me. I was old enough to realize that something wasn't right only because I knew who they both really were on the inside and something was missing from them. This song represents a time in my life when my life was really hard and going downhill. I started failing tests and getting really low scores on our STAR tests. I believe that the hardest part for me was that they lied about everything because I will never forget that wether they know that or