A Little Advice

I'm going to stay with my theme of music.  Tonight our song is from the popular teen star, Taylor Swift.  Everyone must have guilty pleasure in music, and she is mine.  Her music is not complicated but it has something special about it.
Her song "Never Grow Up" I really identify with.  It is a message, to a younger friend or sibling.  It always makes me think of a friend I have.  She is the little sister I never had.  The four years between us a perfect balance of being able to be peers and still having a mentor relationship.  This is a song that I would give to her, because if I have any advice for younger friends, it is enjoy childhood.
I really love these  lines, "I won't let nobody hurt you, Won't let no one break your heart No, no one will desert you, Just try to never grow up, never grow up."  It demonstrates how much the singer cares and wants to protect her loved one from the cares of the world.  There is a strong protective quality that runs through the entire song. 
Take these lines: "Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up, Just stay this little, Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up, It could stay this simple".  The singer knows her friend or sibling, whichever, has to grow up.  Has to face the challenges of growing up.  But the singer knows it is hard: "I just realized everything I have is someday gonna be gone"  She does not want to lose her sister as well. 
When I spend time with my own little friend, and watch her grow up into a confidant, beautiful girl, I feel proud.  But I feel her pain as she goes through trials, wanting to go fix them for her.  Maybe I'm a little selfish, wanting her to never grow up..."Won't let nobody hurt you, Won't let no one break your heart, And even through to you want to, Please try to never grow up"...But its because I wish I'd never grown up...some of the time.