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Eating Disorder In Skyscraper Demi Lovato

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The song Skyscraper it is about conquering something, trying to win a battle. This is no small conquest but in fact, a conquest that is a matter of life or death. A long and very hard battle that needs to be fought. In this case, it was about the artist Demi Lovato and her struggle with depression, self- harm, and an eating disorder. At the beginning of Skyscraper, the lyrics set a tone of hopelessness and sadness. The lyrics at the beginning of the song are, “Skies are Crying, I am watching, catching tear drops in my hands, only silence as it's ending like we never had a chance”. Demi Lovato is trying to explain how she observing the pain she is going through and how it is affecting her. It is painting an imagine in our minds of the pain she is surpassing. …show more content…

Society’s opinion put a lot of pressure on her. Demi Lovato being so young and still trying to figure herself out did not any better, she caved into the pressure and it started to weigh her down in a very negative way. That is when is when the eating disorder started and the eating disorder lead to depression. “Would it make you feel better, to watch me while I bleed?” This sentence has a literal meaning to it, because Demi Lovato has admitted that she has self-harmed herself by cutting herself. Demi Lovato seems to have given up in her battle. Giving in to her negative situation, and that there is no way out. “Do you have to make me feel like there's nothing left of me? It is making her feel like she's weakened and worn down. “You can take everything I have, you can break everything I am”. In that quote, she is referring to her disorder. The disorder can take everything she has good in her life and that it can break her appearance and how she is viewed. Then a shift happens and the mood of Skyscraper goes from sad to

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