on music and lyrics

good lyrics are, well, GOOD. good lyrics speak the depths of your heart. and the best part is, someone else has done it for you. we are blessed by someone else's gift. it's amazing how some song lyrics seem to say exactly what i'd like to say, but hadn't found a way to say it yet. some song lyrics can be so powerful that you just want to listen to or write them over and over again. or at least i do. passion. that's where i feel it. in music.

some songs whose lyrics i absolutely love:

. slipped away -- avril lavigne

. blood bank -- bon iver

. fix you -- coldplay

. yellow -- coldplay

. the scientist -- coldplay

. here with me -- dido

. so are you to me -- eastmountainsouth

. your song -- elton john

. livin' our love song -- jason michael carroll

. edge of desire -- john mayer

. split screen sadness -- john mayer

. stupid boy -- keith urban

. i run to you -- lady antebellum

. everything -- lifehouse

. take me away -- lifehouse

. storm -- lifehouse

. every single snow patrol song

. i dare you to move -- switchfoot

. fearless -- taylor swift

i've never tried to write a song and i don't know how to play any musical instruments. i wish i could. it's one of the things i'm going to do before i die. for sure. guitar or piano, maybe.