“A handful of moments, I wished I could change, and a tongue like a nightmare, that cut like a blade.” I sat in my hospital room hooked up to an IV. The dripping of my chemo was matching the beat of the song. The nurse walked in the room to check my vitals. I gave her a gracious smile. “Are you in any pain?” she asked. “No, I’m fine.” I replied, even though I was hurting, but the pain I was feeling wouldn’t be numbed by any pain killers.While listening to these lyrics, I realized music isn’t just about the beats and guitar solos. When artists write these songs they are trying to express what they feel in the only way they know how, music. Music is the passageway to the soul. When you listen to the song, you are actually listening to the writer’s soul. The music was the only thing that could numb my pain.
Being able to express one’s self is a very important thing. When people keep their feelings bottled inside it can become a problem by causing depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts. What most people don’t realize is that music can help save a person’s life. Whether it is because they wrote down some lyrics or listened to a song that relates to their situation, it helps express what they want to say.
The song “Therapy” by All Time Low made me realize I need to express myself because if I didn’t I would end up afraid of telling people my opinions. I started listening to more music and trying to figure out the meaning behind them. There are so many life lessons in music and I wanted to learn them all. I began to become a better person because of what the music was teaching me. I found myself more joyful through listening to the music.
Music can help people in so many ways and it has the benefit of letting them do it creatively. I want to help people. I don’t want to be the doctor who saves a life by giving a transplant though. I want to help people the way the music helped me. It helped make me feel more alive when I felt dead inside. I want to help create music that heals the soul.