Five For Fighting - "If God Made You"

I first encountered this song on the soundtrack to "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" which I took my sister to go see for her birthday. I like Five for Fighting; I love their song "Superman," and this song just makes me happy to listen to.

Something inside says there's something better than this
Something inside me has always said that somewhere, there's something better than what I have, who I am. And I never found that until I got to high school, that something better.

Once I got to high school, I had the opportunity to join the Speech Team. And if you don't know what the Speech Team is, then you're a deprived and depraved individual (whereas if you participated in Speech, you're just depraved). We would wake up at 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning, get dressed in competition outfits (business formal wear), drive to Bethlehem, and then drive to the tournament, where we'd either perform (for the Interpers) or give a speech (for the Oratorical events--Original Oratory, Declamation, Radio Broadcasting, Impromptu Speaking, and Extemporaneous Speaking). I was a Speaker--Impromptu and Extemp. And while I did Speech, I was safe. You can't mess with one member of the Team without at least one other member jumping to their defense. For me, the person most likely to defend me (and spend time with me, and be my best friend) was Jacynthia, better known as "Jay".

I had known her before high school; she and my older sister were good friends in grade school. When we re- met in high school, the two of us bonded over a shared love of the same books, a similar sense of humor and irony, and a connection we felt from the very beginning. She's my sister of the soul; the one I'd choose, over and over.

"Lean on Me" is her song for me; "If God Made You" is my song for Jay. She's the one who has helped make life bearable, when I wanted nothing else but to leave. And I hope I can make her life good as well, because she's mia sorella and I really do love her better than anyone else in the world. I chose UK on the strength of her being here; not because of the English program or the nearness to one of my sisters--I could have chosen WKU and had the same thing. I came to UK because the only person who convinces me that there's a loving God out there somewhere attends this school.

If God made you he's in love with me
Even though Jay doesn't fully believe me when I tell her that her being here makes everything else worth more, it's still true. She's my best friend, mia sorella, and the dearest person in the world to me. In short, if God made her, then He's in love with me.

Hey Kid...
Your time has come to change
Though I need you more than I've needed anyone in any way tonight
Hey Kid...
I know it won't be long
The Captain's calling...come to see you back where we belong

Something inside me is breaking
Something inside says there's somewhere better than this...
Sunset sailing on April skies
Bloodshot fire clouds in her eyes
I can't say what I might believe
But if God made you he's in love with me

Hey Kid...
Do wishes count at all
Can you give me a sign...give me anything I won't tell a soul you told
Hey Kid...
Will you hold me when I sleep
Will you find me when the tide decides that I got to leave

Something inside me is breaking
Something inside says there's somewhere better than this...

Sunset sailing on April skies
Bloodshot fire clouds in her eyes
I can't say what I might believe
But if God made you he's in love with me

Sunset sailing on April skies
Bloodshot fire clouds in your eyes
I can't say what I might believe
But if God made you he's in love with me

Something inside me is breaking
Something inside says there's somewhere better than this my love

Sunset sailing on April skies
Bloodshot fire clouds in her eyes
I can't say what I might believe
But if God made you he's in love with me

Sunset sailing on April skies
Bloodshot fire clouds in your eyes
I can't say what I might believe
But if God made you... he's in love with me...