Sunday, May 16, 2010

This is what pain sounds like

Occasionally words fail to impart the intended meaning. Sometimes the words come too expediently and with such force that the intendment cannot be deciphered. And sometimes the words must be stolen from another, set to music and be sung by an earthbound divinity in order to justly convey the correct message.
I forgot how much I love this song. It was set to repeat on my mp3 player many moons ago. I replayed this until the iteration finally dulled the agony of a lost life. Having lost that music machine to a particularly hard concrete floor I lost a lot of music that I'd loved dearly. This song being among them.
Recent events have renewed my passion for music and I have been trying to fill my newer music machine. I just happened across this aging gem. Listening to it now, in the light of a new day, the meaning still holds true but new layers have been added. It does not galvanize fresh pain, as I thought it might. Instead it provides a new perception of past events.
Because we've had our doubts. But now we're fine.

I love this song. And this live version is so raw and beautiful. It's now set to repeat.

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