Lyrics.

Because when they’re right, it’s euphoric. They shake you to your core, pull at your heartstrings, and do every cliché thing they possibly can to you because they’re so real. It’s like you’re staring at a reflection of your thoughts and emotions in words you didn’t write, and it’s like somebody understands you completely. I especially like when you hear a song for the first time, then replay it a thousand times until the melodies, the harmonies, and the lyrics are engraved in your memory forever. Lyrics are comforting, soothing, true, and one of the only things that will never die. So you know they’ll always be around, whenever you need them.

Today I listened to music all day in my room, which isn’t anything out of the ordinary, and just connected spiritually with the words oozing from my headphones. While listening to my songs, I heard some lyrics that really struck home with me. 

“In all my bitterness, I ignored all that’s real and true”. 

I had to pause the song and let the words sink in. I was awestruck. I knew what the lyrics were saying, and that’s such an incredible feeling when you can connect to something on such a deep and intellectual level. It’s referring to when you’re bitter and how you tend to ignore the things around you, focusing solely on that one thing that's eating you alive until it eventually does. You let it change your entire outlook and perspective, and suddenly you’re looking at the world through tainted glass. The words were so true it hurt me; I could feel the pang in my heart. It amazed me that a line so small could have such an impact me. Right there, in that moment, I felt like I was being spoken to by the words, like I was being given a wake up call. Something was telling me to keep my head up and look over the tainted glass, not through it.

So maybe I will. It’s one of the hardest things not to give into the negative aspects of life, but I can try. Because I don’t want to ignore all that’s real and true in the world. I want to live it, with a fresh and clean perspective filled with endless possibilities. And lyrics. Lots and lots of lyrics.