Her first single, "I Break Things", was released immediately upon her Nashville Star victory. The music video received heavy rotation on CMT and GAC, but the song peaked at #53. One subsequent single ("I'm Not Lisa") was released; it failed to reach the charts. Her first album, Erika Jo, was released by Universal South Records on June 14, 2005 and debuted at #5 on Billboard's country album chart, but the album, like its first single, enjoyed very limited success after its initial launch, selling just 118,829 copies through its first 11 months in releas
There Are No Accidents
Erika Jo Lyrics
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And how true love is only found by chance
Now I look at you and I'm convinced
There are no accidents
I can see that every time I chose
What I thought to be just some wrong road
Lead me here holdin' you this close
One kiss and I knew for certain
Love so absolutely perfect
Can't be anything but meant to be
There's just no other way to explain you with me
The sun goes down and the moon comes up
The tide rolls in the stars appear above
And you and I fallin' so in love
There are no accidents
One kiss and I knew for certain
Love so absolutely perfect
Can't be anything but meant to be
There's just no other way to explain you with me
I used to talk about coincidence
And how true love is only found by chance
An' now I look at you and I'm convinced
There are no accidents, there are no accidents
There are no accidents
In Erika Jo's song "There Are No Accidents," she reflects on her experience with love and how her past beliefs about coincidence and chance have now been completely altered. The opening lines refer to her previous belief that love could only be found by chance or coincidence, but after meeting someone special (likely the person she's singing to in the song), she realized that their relationship was no coincidence, but a result of the paths she had taken in the past. She acknowledges that the seemingly "wrong" roads she had taken in her life had ultimately led her to where she is now - falling so in love with this person.
The chorus, which repeats twice in the song, emphasizes the idea that there are no accidents in life - that everything happens for a reason, and that includes meeting and falling in love with someone special. Erika Jo sings that she's certain that the love she has found is meant to be, and that she can't explain it any other way. Through using imagery of the sun, moon, and stars, she emphasizes the cosmic nature of the love she's found.
Overall, the song is a sweet and sentimental ode to the idea that things happen for a reason, and that true love is never just a coincidence. It's a comforting message that can resonate with anyone who has ever struggled to find meaning in the twists and turns of their life.
Line by Line Meaning
I used to talk about coincidence
In the past, I used to discuss how things just happened by chance
And how true love is only found by chance
I believed that finding true love was a complete happenstance
Now I look at you and I'm convinced
After witnessing our love, I truly believe
There are no accidents
Our love is not a coincidence, but a result of fate
I can see that every time I chose
Reflecting on my choices I see that every decision I made, every path I took led me to you
What I thought to be just some wrong road
Even if I believed that some of my choices were mistakes at the time
Lead me here holdin' you this close
They ultimately led me to you and I am holding you close now
There are no accidents
Our love wasn't a coincidence, but an inevitable result of our decisions and actions
One kiss and I knew for certain
From one small moment of intimacy, I was certain
Love so absolutely perfect
That our love is flawless and without blemish
Can't be anything but meant to be
It is impossible for anything else to have occurred; our love was destined
There's just no other way to explain you with me
We were simply meant to be together, there can be no other explanation
The sun goes down and the moon comes up
At the end of the day, when the sun sets and the moon rises
The tide rolls in the stars appear above
The tide comes in, and the stars fill up the sky up above
And you and I fallin' so in love
We are so deeply in love with each other
There are no accidents
Our love wasn't just coincidence but fate at work
I used to talk about coincidence
I spoke of chance and luck in the past
And how true love is only found by chance
And how I believed that true love was discovered purely by luck
An' now I look at you and I'm convinced
But now that I see you, I have no doubt
There are no accidents, there are no accidents
Our love wasn't a coincidence; it was inevitable, and I am sure of it.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: TONY MARTIN, MARK NESLER, TOM SHAPIRO
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