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After listening to and watching "hurt"and "I turn to you" by Christina Aguilera, I coudn't stop sobbing. Not many songs are dedicated to parents. But those two songs are well-written and Christina did a great job on those two songs.

"I turn to you" is the song going out to Christina's mother. This music video is not totally in line with the lyrics. It describes a girl who had a car accident. The first thing came to her mind is her mother. She called her mom right away. With worries and love, her mother rushed to the scene to comfort her and take care of it. For the girl, her mom is like a fortress or a shelter. The lyrics are even more touching to me. It describes whenever we are fragile and weak, we all go back to the arms of our mothers, to escape from the stress or problems in our real lives, to regain the strength and to get back in the game. Mother is always a person who is a shelter, always there for us, behind us, rain or shine. Even when we are too busy to accompany her or say "I love you", she tries to understand and crosses her fingers for us. If possible, she will stop at nothing to turn the world around when we are down.

"Hurt" (click on "hurt" and check out the music video) is one of the greatest songs in her latest album, Back to Basics. When I first listened to this song on the radio, I felt this was a great and wonderful song. Christina perfectly manipulated her voice with emotion. Tonight, when I read the lyrics and watched the music video on YouTube.com, I was so blown away and got so emotional. The song is about the relationship between a girl and her father. When she was little, her father took her to a circus and watched the great performance over there. She fell in love with the performance. Her father taught her how to walk on a high-wire and traied her to be a professional. Finally she got into the circus and became famous. She got all the fame and fortune. However, she was too busy to spend more time with her father. One time, her father watched her performance and gave her a big hand with a large crowd. After the show, she was surrounded by jounalists and fans. She saw her father and she couldn't even set aside some time to hold his hand. The next thing she heard from her father was that he had passed away from a telegraph. She wish she could do anyting she could possibly do to get her father back, just get a minute to talk to him, look him in the eyes and wait for him to look back. This music video was pretty sad, but it sort of reflected a lot of real-life and vivid cases around us.

Wonderful lyrics and the way Christina interprets the song with her poweful and sweet voice makes "hurt" sound more emotional. One of my family members has been sick for a while. So when I listened to this song, I couldn't help thinking about if I had been up to my ears working instead of spending more time with her. When I was vulnerable and weak, she always cheered me up and had faith in me. But what did I do for her? Life should not be like this. So, those two songs are really thought-provoking. I do appreciate music or movies like those. Check out the lyrics and the music videos below. Hope you like them just like I do.