Eyes that stare at us and plead,
give me something that I need;
Won't take much to put a smile upon that face.
Soul that's brighter than the sun,
with nothing to hide from anyone.
Screaming... take me away from this place.
Heard this beautiful song today. Don't know what the title is, though. Didn't bother me. Let me tell you why.
Naturally, I listened closer to try and make out the lyrics. After puzzling over them for a while, I realised that the lines had no link between each other at all... which explained the hard time I had trying to figure them out. (duh)
Sure, each line is beautiful on its own, but put together, its just a bunch of gibberish. Mumbo-jumbo. In Singaporean-friendly jargon: Rojak.
To understand the feeling of the disappointment I had after that realisation, let me just give you a simple analogy. Everyone should be able to relate to this (unless you are a social recluse, 2 hours' old, or a pygmy hippo).
Imagine the last time you had the experience of seeing an attractive person (of the opposite sex, PLEASE), and after 2 minutes of chat, you realise that the person has nothing of substance, importance to say. Its not a chemistry issue - you should be able to hold a decent conversation with almost anybody you interact with; with chemistry present, the topic/substance/direction of the conversation is irrelevant, believe me. There - recall that sudden feeling of disinterest and slight disappointment that accompanies the discovery of an 'empty vessel'? Sure, you can argue that you weren't expecting anything out of it anyway, and since you weren't expecting anything, why would you feel any disappointment? But you don't really expect anything out of a random nice song you happen to hear on the street anyways.
But my point is, you should actually listen to the lyrics of your music before nominating it as your favourite head-banging tune of ALL time, install it in your iTunes, or God forbid, recommend it to an unsuspecting friend (such as yours truly).
No, I'm not dissing R&B music. Okay... now I am. I mean, it has great beats, but over-listening is proven to destroy brain cells at an alarming rate. You have been warned.
If you didn't understand that analogy, I'll spell it out for you. The 'attractive person' is a metaphor for 'your first impression of a nice song/music'. The 'conversation/chat' is a metaphor for the 'lyrics/content' of the song.
If you still don't get it, I'll give you some career advice.
Go be a song-writer.
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