Ricky Martin

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She’s All I Ever Had
By Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin is a famous singer that has been an artist since the age of 10. He was born in Puerto Rico and began his singing career with a teenage group called the “Menodos”. The song “She’s all I Ever Had” by Ricky Martin, which has been rated number one, is a song that expresses the narrators feelings about a special woman in his life that he no longer has.
The song begins with the narrator implying that he was hurt like a bird that had “broken wings.” This gives the listener a feeling of sorrow for the narrator because he makes it seem like the hurt that he was feeling inside was actually physically hurting him. He goes on to say that he has “quiet thoughts and unspoken dreams” which gives a listener the idea that the sorrow he felt inside was so intense that it wouldn’t let him share his feelings or thoughts with anyone. The song says, “Here I am alone again”. I can image the narrator sitting in the corner of a room thinking about this special woman that was no longer beside him. This women, had a certain quality that a mother has when she soothes her child that the narrator was craving when he said, “I need her know to hold my hand.”
In second stanza “so much time so much pain” the narrator gives the listeners an idea that this man has been feeling wounded from his woman love for a long time. The narrator tries to hold on to the love that the women had given him. He doesn’t want to let go of the memories with her. He remembers that she was always there for him when he needed her. It seems like all he has left of her is the memories that they shared together and those memories will be the only thing that has him holding on to her love.
The narrator feels like this individual was the only one that he ever wanted and he needs her to come back to his life so he can go on. He, the narrator, also states that this woman was all he h...