Today, while listening to 'Fade to Black - Metallica' I thought about one of my favourite topics. 'Emotional interpretation of music'. According to me, a song has two parts, to both of which I attach significant importance without any priorities: music and lyrics.
When I hear a song devoid of its lyrical content, I can feel multiple and contradicting emotions depending on my imagination and visualization. By that I mean, I can interpret an extremely depressing song as one of a very inspirational quality, if it is without lyrics. The point that I am trying to drive home is that lyrics help in selection of 1 or few emotions that an artist wants to convey in the song from an ocean of emotions that a person could otherwise feel.
'Fade to Black - Metallica' is an extremely sad song. When I was hearing it today, I ripped apart it's lyrics in my mind and concentrated on music alone. I thought of musical notes as blows delivered by a person to his pain and sorrow, as his will to fightback against all adversaries. With each advancing note I could imagine him reaching closer to his goal. When the music ended, he emerged victorious. But, then I recited the lyrics and they were screaming of a disillusioned person with shattered self-confidence.
Hence, I manipulated it's lyrics and made them sound real positive and symbolize a determined person. Here is a beta version of the same.
When I hear a song devoid of its lyrical content, I can feel multiple and contradicting emotions depending on my imagination and visualization. By that I mean, I can interpret an extremely depressing song as one of a very inspirational quality, if it is without lyrics. The point that I am trying to drive home is that lyrics help in selection of 1 or few emotions that an artist wants to convey in the song from an ocean of emotions that a person could otherwise feel.
'Fade to Black - Metallica' is an extremely sad song. When I was hearing it today, I ripped apart it's lyrics in my mind and concentrated on music alone. I thought of musical notes as blows delivered by a person to his pain and sorrow, as his will to fightback against all adversaries. With each advancing note I could imagine him reaching closer to his goal. When the music ended, he emerged victorious. But, then I recited the lyrics and they were screaming of a disillusioned person with shattered self-confidence.
Hence, I manipulated it's lyrics and made them sound real positive and symbolize a determined person. Here is a beta version of the same.
Life, I say, will shine from today
Brighter, brighter every day
Getting lost within my work
Nothing matters, no one else
I have found my will to live
Now have everything to give
There is so much in it for me
I accept, it won't come for free
Things not what they used to be
Loving one inside of me
Deathly loss, and that is real
Will stand the hell I'll feel
Confidence, bubbling in me
To the point of ecstacy
Fading darkness, fading dawn
I wasn't me, now am my own
No one but I will save myself, it's not too late
Now I can think, think how will I put up a fight
Yesterday seems as though it never existed
Tomorrow greets me warm, now I will just say
Brighter, brighter every day
Getting lost within my work
Nothing matters, no one else
I have found my will to live
Now have everything to give
There is so much in it for me
I accept, it won't come for free
Things not what they used to be
Loving one inside of me
Deathly loss, and that is real
Will stand the hell I'll feel
Confidence, bubbling in me
To the point of ecstacy
Fading darkness, fading dawn
I wasn't me, now am my own
No one but I will save myself, it's not too late
Now I can think, think how will I put up a fight
Yesterday seems as though it never existed
Tomorrow greets me warm, now I will just say
"Come over guys."
Link to original lyrics: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/m/metallica/fade+to+black_20092126.html
I think, with same music and above mentioned lyrics if a song comes into existence, it'll be an inspiring one. It leads me to a question. Is music non-absolute?
