It has been awhile since I have been so touched by a song that tears flow out of my eyes like waterfalls. I mean I have cried a lot in my life while listening to music (and laughed too), but not because of the pure beauty of the music. Lately when I get emotional while listening to music it's because I was already feeling emotional that day and I would purposley pick music to fit my mood. It is incredibly special when a song can make you bring out emotions that you didn't even know where there. This happened to me recently and I want to share that song with you.
I was lying on my couch watching CMT on lazy afternoon. Yes, that is right, the country music channel. I'm enjoying the music that is playing, and I'm also reading. All of a sudden this beautiful piano line comes in. Just piano. Completley vulnerable, exposed, and naked. I check out who the song is by, sit up, and close shut my eyes. And then like a wave it hit me. I crumpled over and just started to cry. The simplicity of the song was so beautiful, the melody and the lyrics complimented it, and the voice. Jim Cuddy.
As I sit and cry, I begin to cry harder as a muted trumpet solo starts up. The special tingles and shivers explore my body as I take it all in. It is great because of the great instrumentation (trumpet, string arrangement, piano, guitar, bass, and brushes on the snare), but also because of the pure and honest nature of the song. And then it's over. And I shut of the tv, and I just sit. Experiences like that don't happen very often. It is because of this that makes moments like that so special, and makes music so sacred.
Maybe the song won't have the same effect to you as it did for me. But if you want to experience a really well written song, check out Pull me through by Jim Cuddy. Jim Cuddy is the lead singer of Blue Rodeo, and a talented song writer, as he proves with this song.
It is truly beautiful.
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