In the movie, which is set at a performing arts summer school, Duff's character, Terri Fletcher, writes the song with her fellow student Jay, played by Oliver James, and performs it at the film's climax in front of the students, staff and parents.

The song states that in all the challenges Terri needs to overcome in her journey to fulfill her dream, although not physically present, someone is still there watching over her.

[3] Written in the key of E Major, the song has the sequence of C#m—F#m—B—B/G♯—G#m—G#/C as its chord progression in the verses, and then moves to E-B-C#m-B-A-B in the chorus.

"[5] The Sunday Telegraph published a two-star review of the song, editorializing that "The banging migraine kicked in somewhere around the lyrics: "I've seen that ray of light/It's shining on my destiny" [...] a brainless, infectious dose of made-to-order teen empowerment pop.

The performance scene on the movie served as the single's video, which premiered on the program Rage on ABC Broadband in mid January 2005.