It's Time is a beautiful song. It is not an easy song, to write or listen to. It rings with pain, pain in every lyric that despite its inspiring lyrics, suggests the exhaustion of a long battle. Ryan Reynolds gives it his all, every time he belts out a lyric.
"It's time to begin isn't it, I get a little bigger than this but then I'll admit, I'm just the same as I was. Now don't you understand? I'm never changing who I am."
I'm never changing who I am is a promise. I'm never going to change who I am even if hellhounds are coming after me is what he means. Inferiority is not tolerated. He will do what he wants regardless of what the people around him would want. That's not to say the song is about rebellion. It's about setting off to find your own path and hoping that happiness and satisfaction will follow. In whatever case, complacency is no longer a viable option. Only victory is.
But that victory feels empty, weak. Once the victory is gained, you could lose it all. Fear eats at you. You need the strength to handle the fear in order to fully understand and deserve your victory.
The song rings both of winning, cheering at the victory, but also of the strength it takes to resist the fear that comes along with it. The song is about strength, the strength to pursue the long run, and the strength to fight off the insecurities that could take it away from you.
The lyrics are not very obtuse or deep persay. They are not the secret to life's questions. It is not less than any other bubbly song, nor greater than any other deep song. And yet, I love it.
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