Music - What does it do?

I love music... it describes those inner feelings that people are afraid to speak of.... it describes something so beautiful that makes us cry to listen to. Some songs capture those things that have held you back so long and now... now you truly realize what you are.
Some songs are so sad and yet so opening for me that I begin to cry just thinking about them! What would it be like without music? And what does music REALLY do for us? I think that it helps us to realize ourselves and more about the world around us. It helps us to think, ponder, create, laugh, cry, and be ourselves. I am so thankful for those who took on that challenge to create beautiful lyrics to amazing songs... this is a song I love :

"I Will Remember You"

I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

Remember the good times that we had?
I let them slip away from us when things got bad
How clearly I first saw you smilin' in the sun
Wanna feel your warmth upon me, I wanna be the one

I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

I'm so tired but I can't sleep
Standin' on the edge of something much too deep
It's funny how we feel so much but we cannot say a word
We are screaming inside, but we can't be heard

But I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

I'm so afraid to love you, but more afraid to loose
Clinging to a past that doesn't let me choose
Once there was a darkness, deep and endless night
You gave me everything you had, oh you gave me light

And I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

And I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories
Weep not for the memories  

 

Sarah McLachlan