Do you ever feel like you’re not ready for the world? Like, the things that happen to you and around you are just too much sometimes? Me too. But when I hear Shawn Mendes’s “When You’re Ready,” everything changes. The song is about feeling insecure and scared, but knowing deep down that those feelings are fleeting because life has so many good moments waiting on us when we’re ready to accept them.
The lyrics are so personal and true to life, I can’t help but feel the emotions Shawn Mendes is singing about when he’s on stage. The song starts with a sense of insecurity-he talks about feeling like “the world has always been against us” and that it feels impossible to ever be ready for anything in this moment or any other that follows. But then he says something really beautiful-“It wouldn’t matter what anyone said/ because you’re my forever.” He knows deep down, even when it doesn’t seem possible now, everything will turn out okay eventually when we’re ready for whatever comes next. No one else matters if they don’t believe in you–and sometimes people just won’t get you, but that’s okay. You can’t change it anyway.”
In the lyrics of “When You’re Ready,” Shawn Mendes explores a sense of uncertainty and insecurity when he sings about feeling like the world has always been against us in this moment or any other to follow – yet by the second verse we learn that while his feelings may be true now, they’ll turn out ok when we’re ready for whatever comes next because no one else matters if they don’t believe in him – and sometimes people just won’t get him (and I’m sure Mendes doesn’t care). He says something really beautiful towards the end: “It wouldn’t matter what anyone said/ because you’re my only one.”
The lyrics in “When You’re Ready” are not only about when you feel ready to deal with the emotions of being a teenager, but also when someone else is your partner or friend and they need that time. It’s never too late for anyone to be vulnerable–even if sometimes it feels like people will always put their own interests first before yours. Shawn Mendes sings this song because he wants everyone who needs it to know that now may not be the perfect timing, but there’ll come a time where life will turn out great. And even though I’m sure he doesn’t care what other people say about him, his message proves something really beautiful: no matter how many times people might get mad at us for taking our time when things are hard, we have to do what’s best for us because no one in the world understands how you feel better than yourself.
This blog post contains an explanation of the song when you’re ready by Shawn Mendes, as well as a discussion about what it means. The author discusses how when why hoe is it began can be used in different ways to mean something different depending on who is saying and where they are at in their life.
The article also includes information related to the lyrics such as images from social media posts that were tagged with #whenyourewereready or other words taken from lines of the song like “tomorrow.” There are also links to videos that have been posted online by various fans that show them singing along and reciting some parts of the lyrics verbatim while strumming on guitar strings. Lastly, there is a link to the song itself and its lyrics.
The emotion of when you’re ready by Shawn Mendes is sorrowful, as well as hopeful. The author attributes this to his struggles with being away from home for long periods of time while on tour and missing important events such as holidays or birthdays in connection to those that he loved who were there waiting for him to return back into their lives again. When you’re ready is a song that Mendes released in late 2017 amidst his success with “In My Blood” and “Lost In Japan.”
The lyrics of when you’re ready by Shawn Mendes to have been interpreted as being for family members. One fan even mentions how he found himself singing the words to this song at funerals because it just felt like it was meant for them. This sentiment has also been shared on social media where people from all over are commenting about how they find themselves listening to when you’re ready by Shawn Mendes when sad things happen or when their loved ones pass away.
