Songs relating to "The Help"

Bluebird - Sara Bareilles

"Back to the sky on your own" Relates to the way Minny and Aibileen are really on their own. All the maids are working as hard as they can everyday just to support their family or themselves. This line in the song relates to them setting out into the world looking for jobs, and taking what they can get because it's the only way they can survive. Another line relating to this is "Pair of wings worn and rusted". They have each been through so much, difficult unfair jobs and people that mistreat them. The rusted wings represents how they must feel worn down from how difficult their life has been. "Gather your strength and rise up": Everyday these women put on a brave face to get through their day, whether they want to or not.

Start Over - Beyonce

This song seems to be about a relationship between two people, but it relates to the relationship the maids have with themselves and the life they live everyday. "I can see, we're not happy here". The way they're treated often isn't nice at all. They know they don't like it, but they go along with it because there's nothing much they can do. Much like Minny's relationship with her partner. He beats her, and drinks and complains but she can't bear to leave him. She can't find enough will power. Work and cooking and looking after her children wears her out and by the end of the day, there's no more energy to leave. "Maybe we reached the mountain peak, and there's no more left to climb". Aibileen once wondered if it was worth it to keep living, with her son gone and her life a wreck, she felt she had nothing left. But she found the power thanks to Minny and kept going.

Highway Unicorn (Road to Love) - Lady GaGa

To me this song represents the ties between the maids and Skeeter. Each one of them know it's quite a risk to help a white woman out especially with the particular project they're working on, but they do it anyways. Why? Perhaps because they know it will be okay in the end. That they will all benefit. "Follow that unicorn on the road to love".

"Run run with the fury of a saint in her eyes". The ladies all lie to keep it a secret and fight to make it work. They convince enough maids to allow Skeeter to interview them, revealing their private life and past. They all know on the inside that it's important that people read the truth about how these women are treated. "We can be strong, out on this lonely road". It's a dangerous road but they go through with it, and they make it.