The power of music is undeniably strong; it can be of great inspiration but it can demoralize too, it can be the cause of great joy but it can also be the cause of great sorrow. It can be the small thing that underpins a great day, just there in the background but yet somehow it’s the one thing that holds the whole moment together. It can be the conversation when no words are spoken and you just stand there together dancing, the music just sinking into you. Music can be company when no one else is anywhere to be seen, it can be your lullaby when there is no one to sing to you anymore.
Music doesn’t change; music doesn’t grow and evolve to suit your life, when you change, when you grow those songs you once held so dear stay forever the same. A song recorded the year you met your lover will always sound the same, each chord the same as it was when first played. No, music does not change. But the way in which you hear it does. The feelings and the emotions music can make erupt from you can change. A song you once loved can become the bane of your existence. We attach feelings to music and when those feelings are damaged, broken or otherwise abused, that song that you once loved will never be heard the same way again.
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Sabaw Song of the Week
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Stay
by Sara Bareilles
Saturday, empty room, filled with people
It don't mean a thing to
You and I, holding hands
Nobody knows, nobody understands
I don't care for sunlight
That only means it's over
And I'm in no mood for that
Stay tonight
Don't come morning, don't come light
They may be lies, say it, say that we'll be alright
If we stay tonight
My hands are shaking
This is a complicated love with me
Keep your eyes closed, I've seen it baby
I've seen where this goes
Stay tonight
Don't come morning, don't come light
They may be lies, but say that we'll be alright
If we stay tonight
Gonna feel it baby
Oh I don't wanna cry
I know we'll get to tomorrow and say goodbye
That's what I'm asking for
Tonight
Stay tonight
Don't come morning, don't come light
They may be lies but say that we'll be alright
Say that we're gonna be alright
Tonight
