Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. That's another quote by Lao Tzu. I will be the first to admit that I have no real clue to what he is talking about. When I hit music as a topic, I was looking for some really profound lyrics to quote. Something interesting, yet mysterious. Instead, I found a boatload of quotes about music itself.
It seems everybody has something weird to say about music. Plato said "Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue." Meanwhile, Beethoven said "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." Even Marilyn Manson got into the act saying that "Music is the strongest form of magic". Music, it seems, speaks to many. And all of us play music. Whether we sing or tap our fingers, whistle or tap our foot, we all at one time or another try to express ourselves through sound. I enjoy listening to music while I work. I don't think that it helps me work. I think I just enjoy having sound in the background. My daughter, meanwhile, plays music to pass the time while she works. One thing I like to do is try to figure people out by the songs that they play. We all have songs that resonate with us. And the meaning behind the songs can be different for all of us. In fact, sometimes we will see meaning in a song, and then find out that the musician had a totally different meaning for the song than the one we have given the song. Music can speak to us, but we all hear it as if it is a different language. What could have deep meaning for one person could have no meaning for another. For instance, the Led Zepplin song "Thank You" holds a lot of meaning for me. I think it is a beautiful song and my wife and I had used it as our wedding song. In fact, I used some of the lyrics from that song in my wedding vow to Sharon. "If the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you. When mountains crumble to the sea, there will still be you and me." The song "Castles Made of Sand" by Jimi Hendrix, also holds deep meaning for me. Meanwhile, my daughter Maddie can listen to these songs and likely get very little meaning from them. Not that she doesn't hear the message...just that it doesn't resonate with her as some of her music does. While I think we can tell a lot about a person by the style of music they listen to and by specific songs, I don't think that it is an end all in the analysis of a person. Music can only go so far in explaining a person's behavior or actions. I think music can make for a happier soul, but, depending on the style of the music, it can also lead to a sadder, or more disgruntled soul as well. Below are some of my favorite lines from songs I liked when I was growing up. I have put them in no real order. Read them, and then see if you can figure something out about me. Put your thoughts into a comment. This is open to all, whether I know you or not. I am curious what people would think about me or my thoughts just by going on some of my favorite lines. Consider this a thought experiment. To make it harder, I will not tell you who the lyrics are by. I have also, in some cases, plastered two lyrics together to make one quote. I do that when there are too many lines between my favorite parts. Here we go: "In the days of my youth I was told what it means to be a man, Now I've reached the age I've tried to do all those things the best I can." "So, so you think you can tell, Heaven from Hell. Blue skies from pain, Can you tell a green field From a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell?" "I'm stepping through the door. And i'm floating in a most peculiar way...And the stars look very different today." "I'm feeling very still And i think my spaceship knows which way to go. Tell me wife i love her very much she knows." "There was a young girl, whos heart was a frown , 'Cause she was crippled for life, and she couldn't speak a sound... And she wished and prayed she could stop living, So she decided to die." "And so castles made of sand, melts into the sea, eventually." "Yeah, darlin' Gonna make it happen, Take the world in a love embrace Fire all of your guns at once And explode into space. Like a true nature child We were born Born to be wild.We can climbed so high... I never wanna die. "Hey you, out there in the cold Getting lonely, getting old Can you feel me? Hey you, don't help them to bury the light. Don't give in without a fight." "There is no pain, you are receding...A distant ship's smoke on the horizon. You are only coming through in waves Your lips move but I can't hear what you're sayin'." "But I have become, comfortably numb." "This is the end, Beautiful friend. This is the end, My only friend, the end. Of our elaborate plans, the end. Of everything that stands, the end. No safety or surprise, the end. I'll never look into your eyes...again." "All our lives we sweat and save. Building for a shallow grave. Must be something else we say. Somehow to defend this place. Everything must be this way. Everything must be this way." "But I'd trade all of my tomorrows for one single yesterday." "One pill makes you larger, And one pill makes you small. And the ones that mother gives you Don't do anything at all. Go ask Alice, when she's ten feet tall." "And when the broken-hearted people Living in the world agree, There will be an answer let it be. Let it be." "And the years rolled slowly past And i found myself alone. Surrounded by strangers i thought were my friends, I found myself further and further from my home. And i guess i lost my way. There were oh so many roads I was living to run and running to live. Never worried about paying or even how much i owed." "I began to find myself searchin'. Searching for shelter again and again. Against the wind A little something against the wind. I found myself seeking shelter against the wind." "If the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you. When mountains crumble to the sea, there will still be you and me." ​Well, have fun with that!
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