Music – My Refuge

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
– Maya Angelou

I love music. It is a refuge for me. Music can help me to feel or escape. Sometimes I listen to music to help break through writer’s block. The following is a playlist of 20 songs that represent me:

1. A Momentary Lapse of Reason (Pink Floyd)
2. Remedy (The Black Crowes)
3. I Will Be Here (Steven Curtis Chapman)
4. Place In This World (Michael W. Smith)
5. Blessed (Elton John)
6. You Get What You Give (New Radicals)
7. Salvation (Gloria Alpin)
8. Bittersweet Symphony (The Verve)
9. Do What You Have to Do (Sarah McLachlan)
10. Turning Page (Sleeping At Last)
11. Don’t Stop Me Now (Queen)
12. Breathing Out (Doveman)
13. It Can Happen (Yes)
14. Always On My Mind (Pet Shop Boys)
15. One By One (Billy Bragg & Wilco)
16. Book of Love (Peter Gabriel)
17. Don’t Stop Dancing (Creed)
18. Fix You (Coldplay)
19. Don’t Know What You Got (Cinderella)
20. Captain Jack (Billy Joel)

I know it’s an eclectic list. All of these songs can be found in one or a few of the playlists on my cell. Song lyrics are like poetry, they have something to say. But some songs don’t need words at all – it’s the melody that pulls me in. The assignment prompt suggested a list of 10 songs, but I couldn’t choose only 10 songs.

Is there a song that represents you? Or do you particularly love the lyrics and/or melody of a certain song?

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Assignment: Day 15 of Writing 101