This post is the first in a series I'll be doing on song lyrics. I've thought for a long time that it would be fun to examine lyrics- words combined with music can have such a profound effect on us- and I was musing recently on a Sunday Post about how music has changed and evolved. The response to that was pretty positive, so a post was born!
First up- a song that I think has a powerful message, both uplifting and inspiring, but at the same time loaded with angst. Feelin Stronger Every Day by Chicago is an amazing piece of music. I take it to be about recovering after a breakup- I mean those lyrics are loaded with pain, it seems to me, and yet at the same time the songwriter seems to be saying it's going to be alright. Both will move on and survive, and there's even a hint that they're still connected on some level- but at the same time it's clearly over.
I get chills sometimes when I listen to this. And when the horns kick in and the tempo increases around the two minute mark- it's like a whole different song. Danny Seraphine on drums takes it to the next level as well, and you can just feel the horn players feed off that energy. I can't say enough about it. Take a listen, but keep the lyrics in mind as you do- it makes a difference!
What do you think?
First up- a song that I think has a powerful message, both uplifting and inspiring, but at the same time loaded with angst. Feelin Stronger Every Day by Chicago is an amazing piece of music. I take it to be about recovering after a breakup- I mean those lyrics are loaded with pain, it seems to me, and yet at the same time the songwriter seems to be saying it's going to be alright. Both will move on and survive, and there's even a hint that they're still connected on some level- but at the same time it's clearly over.
I get chills sometimes when I listen to this. And when the horns kick in and the tempo increases around the two minute mark- it's like a whole different song. Danny Seraphine on drums takes it to the next level as well, and you can just feel the horn players feed off that energy. I can't say enough about it. Take a listen, but keep the lyrics in mind as you do- it makes a difference!
Lyrics
I do believe in you
And I know you believe in me
Oh yeah Oh yeah
And now we realize
Love's not all that it's supposed to be
Oh yeah oh yeah
And knowing that you would have wanted it this way
I do believe I'm feeling stronger every day
I know we really tried
Together we had love inside
Oh yeah oh yeah
So now the time has come
For both of us to live on the run
Oh yeah oh yeah
And knowing that you would have wanted it this way
I do believe I'm feeling stronger every day
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
After what you've meant to me
Ooh baby now
I can make it easily
Yeah yeah yeah
I know that we both agree
Best thing to happen to you
The best thing that happened to me
Yeah yeah yeah
Feeling stronger every day
Feeling stronger every day
Feeling stronger every day
What do you think?
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