The Message Behind Disney?s High School Musical Lyrics

The TV movie ?High School Musical? Has proved to be a true phenomenon. The success of this Disney Channel Production has taken the world by storm.

People are now looking for high school musical merchandise, CD?s DVD?s and even keeping track of the production of the sequel to the movie.

But what is the appeal of High School Musical?

The answer may lie deeper than the dancing, the plot, and the music.

A close look into High School Musical?s lyrics may provide an answer.

In the first song, ?the start of something new? the spontaneity of life is discussed. The song talks about how many possibilities can be opened up by one fateful incident.

Through all of our lives we have faced different circumstances that present us with additional opportunities, but we have to make a decision or face a trial in order for the door to open.

The song talks about how incredibly ironic life is, the fact that your whole world could change within one night.

It also talks about how one person can change your whole world so much that it is like a candle lit up the dark room of your life.

?Get?cha head in the game? talks about the ever-present conflict between your heart and your mind.

It talks about how people try to do the rational thing and yet always seem to find obstacles in their path.

The song also talks about the realization that the efforts required to follow your heart is equal to the efforts in following your mind.

In the end, the song tells that these two really need not conflict and that ones who try to separate heart from mind need to understand this.

?What I?ve been looking for? tell of how people often find out that they have been missing something in their lives in the very same instant that they find that very thing.

People often go about their lives tricking themselves into thinking that they are happy.

However, with one fateful event, they find something or someone that makes them realize what they?ve been missing.

And they direct their efforts to keep that someone or something in their lives forever.

When you look at the song ?stick to the status quo?, you can see its message about the ever-present problem of stereotyping.

From our childhood until the day we die, most of us endure the pain of being labeled by society.

The problem with this is that we are all unique. No group of people has the right to mark us as this or that and expect us to behave within certain guidelines that they have set.

We are people and just about as unpredictable as anything.

The song ?when there was me and you? talks about the pain of separation, and of the even more painful experience of reminiscing.

A lost love is something to mourn for, especially if you have no idea what went wrong.

Most people, however, find it especially painful if, when they look back at their times together, they find nothing at all wrong.

?Bop to the top? talks about the hard work one needs to do in order to reach his/her dreams. It talks of how having people by your side makes it easier for you to climb the ladder of success.

If any of these songs are an indication, the charm of Disney?s High school musical is that it teaches people about the experiences of life and how they can move through them.

The songs of High School Musical may be fun, but they are deep.