Another world

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
~Berthold Auerbach

Music is passion. It represents the emotions that a person has kept inside himself but can finally let out-in a song. Music can make you cry, laugh, scream, love, or even hate. Every emotion that a person has ever felt can be found in a song. When we allow music to relate to our inner self then we are transported to another world. In that world, you can say whatever you want, you can feel however you feel, you can be whoever you want to be. Music sets you free.

Think about it- when someone has a bad day, what do they do? They get in their car and turn up the radio. If they want to calm down and relax, then the soothing sound of Josh Groban’s tenor voice fills the car with his mellow lyrics. However, if they want to vent out frustrations, then heavy metal or rock will come blasting from the radio and them belting out the lyrics will soon follow. Music is your release.

Walking down the street with the light blue sky and scattered fluffy clouds, the lyrics from It’s a beautiful day by U2 can not possibly leave your mind. The happiness and amazement of life that people feel can’t be expressed in our own thoughts and words. We use music to complete our feelings. When we connect with a song then our bodies start to move. Either your head bobs or you’re just dancing away. For those three minutes that you are grooving to your favorite song, you are content. Problems, stress, and frustration has disappeared at least for that one moment. Nothing matters and nothing exists. It’s just you and the music.

It takes lyrics and music for us to fully describe our sensations even our painful ones. People sometimes are too hurt or depressed to try to explain or talk to someone about their feelings. Music is like an invisible band-aid for the heart. It can soothe your wounds in a way that nothing else can. Lyrics or sometimes just the music relate to personal experiences and give you the feeling that you are not alone. When you need to cry then hearing someone else’s’ pain can release your own tears.

Not everyone connects with music and feels the passion. But for those who do then music is life. One day does not go by where music has not been heard. It’s everywhere- On the radio, inside stores, blasting from stereos on the side of the street, and even from the lips of pedestrians humming as they cross the road. You can’t escape from music. It is here to transport you. It is here to heal you. Why don’t you let it?