Music has always been a very large part of my life. My music taste has evolved throughout the years, from classical music to K-Pop, to mainstream pop songs, to mellow Indie songs, back to mainstream pop songs… Music allows me to escape from stress, understand myself, experience other people’s emotions, and just be a better human being in general. Whenever I am walking to and from class, or studying in the library, I will undoubtedly have my earbuds in, listening to songs on Spotify (and occasionally to ads, since I do not have Spotify premium).
For me, well-written lyrics are equally as important as good melodies. Some lyrics, combined with the power of music, are able to capture the essence of my feelings and thoughts at a particular point in time. Other times, a fragment or a phrase from a song would jump out and leave me with a moment of “awe”, smiling stupidly, because the lyrics conjured up some long-forgotten memories.
I wanted to share some of my favourite song lyrics with you.
Perhaps, some of them will resonate with you too:
Life’s for the Living by Passenger
Don’t you cry for the lost
Smile for the living
Get what you need and give what you’re given
Life is for the living so live it
Or you’re better off dead
Never knowing shocking but we’re nothing
We’re just moments
We’re clever but we’re clueless
We’re just human
Amusing and confusing
We’re tryin’ but where is this all leading
We’ll never know
And we all look so damn happy
Even though we’re all so lonely
and we’re standing close together
Cause we think that it’s the only way to feel
Like we’re not alone
Cause we’re not alone
You look like a movie
You sound like a song
My God, this reminds me
Of when we were young
Things That Stop You Dreaming by Passenger
Well if you can’t get what you love
You learn to love the things you’ve got
If you can’t be what you want
You learn to be the things you’re not
Don’t Wait For Him by Side Saddle
And if the boy needs time to stay at home and make up his mind
There are a lot of things you have left to do
But don’t wait for him to love you
When it feels like the world’s gone mad
And there’s nothing you can do about it
Places We Won’t Walk by Bruno Major
Sunlight dances off the leaves
Birds of red collar the trees
Flowers filled with buzzin’ bees
In places we won’t walk