Sometimes when we're sad, or happy, or maybe not feeling nothing at all we turn to music to brighten up our spirits and give us an escape from the here and now. I've always believed that music is a good way to get away from it all because, in reality, they're just like poems and literature. When one is looking for consolation for a broken heart, inspiration, or just something good to read one might read Shakespeare or Pablo Neruda. Lyrics are the exact same thing! Whenever I want a little something to relate to I find myself going back to Adele's lyrics, or The XX's and, of course, carla Morrison's. All of their lyrics are melodious poems written from the author's heart to express something that can't be said directly and without music. Here's one of my favorite songs, a song that I liked as soon as I heard it but when I carefully analyzed the lyrics I learned to love every aspect of its composition.


When Soul Meets Body
by Death Cab For Cutie


I want to live where soul meets body
And let the sun wrap its arms around me
And bathe my skin in water cool and cleansing
And feel, feel what its like to be new

Cause in my head there's a greyhound station
Where I send my thoughts to far off destinations
So they may have a chance of finding a place
where they're far more suited than here

I cannot guess what we'll discover
Between the dirt with our palms cut like shovels
But I know our filthy hand can wash one another's
And not one speck will remain

I do believe it's true
That there are roads left in both of our shoes
If the silence takes you
Then I hope it takes me too
So brown eyes I hold you near
Cause you're the only song I want to hear
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere

Where soul meets body
Where soul meets body
Where soul meets body

I do believe it's true
That there are roads left in both of our shoes
If the silence takes you
Then I hope it takes me too
So brown eyes I hold you near
Cause you're the only song I want to hear
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere