What does it really mean to be happy?

I am currently obsessing about Leona Lewis' song Happy so I am gonna do a little bit of commenting/ranting after each verse. =P

"Happy"

[Verse 1:]
Someone once told me that you have to choose
What you win or lose
You can't have everything
Don't you take chances
Might feel the pain
Don't you love in vain
Cause love won't set you free
I can't stand by the side
And watch this life pass me by
So unhappy
But safe as could be

-- This verse tells me that you really have no control on who you'd fall in love with. There comes a time when choosing whether that person still makes you happy or just hurts you consciously or unconsciously, maybe both. When she said taking chances will give you pain, I just could not agree more! I mean, there's always the possibility of getting rejected, right? And if you so stupidly fall in love with someone who cannot reciprocate your feelings, you are gonna have to let go IMMEDIATELY because there's no way you can avoid being hurt. If you do this, then you are giving yourself another chance at maybe meeting someone else although the sting will stay for a while. Like she said, you are safe from even more pain but a little bit unhappy. 

[Chorus:]
So what if it hurts me?
So what if I break down?
So what if this world just throws me off the edge
My feet run out of ground
I gotta find my place
I wanna hear my sound
Don't care about all the pain in front of me
Cause i'm just trying to be happy, yeah
Just wanna be happy, yeah

-- Here, the chorus basically tells us that, yes, there's always that lingering pain but it will eventually go away. After a heartbreak, don't you just wanna find yourself before starting over again? That's what I did when I went away for six months although I wasn't heartbroken then, I just wanted to start fresh with my life.  

[Verse 2:]
Holding on tightly
Just can't let it go
Just trying to play my role
Slowly disappear, ohh
But all these days, they feel like they're the same
Just different faces, different names
Get me out of here
I can't stand by your side, ohh no
And watch this life pass me by, pass me by

-- When you are hurt, you are hurt! There's no way around it because your feelings, no matter how hard you hide it, will come out of the surface. It's normal for this to happen because you are only human and imperfect. It's just sometimes, pain can be carried over to the next, say, relationship or a potential one. Your guard will be up all the time and trusting someone is harder this time around, which is, again, perfectly normal. 

[Chorus:]

So what if it hurts me?
So what if I break down?
So what if this world just throws me off the edge
My feet run out of ground
I gotta find my place
I wanna hear my sound
Don't care about all the pain in front of me
Cause i'm just trying to be happy, ohh, happy, ohh

[Bridge:]
So any turns that I can't see,
like I'm a stranger on this road
But don't say victim
Don't say anything

-- You are not a victim until you let yourself become one! Moving on step by step and little by little each day will get  you there no matter how long it takes. Happiness as it the end of the tunnel. Make you way there! 
[Chorus:]
So what if it hurts me?
So what if I break down?
So what if this world just throws me off the edge
My feet run out of ground
I gotta find my place
I wanna hear my sound
Don't care about all the pain in front of me
[Outro:]
I just wanna be happy
Ohh, yeah, happy, ohh, happy
I just wanna be, ohh
I just wanna be happy
Ohh, happy

Well, I have no clue what to say anymore. I will take that as a means of being able to release what's been bugging me. Aaaaaaahhhh now I can breathe a little bit better! =)

I have to go to my other lab now to nerd out and space out. Toodles!