what feelings sound like

i am suddenly taken back to mid-october. it is a saturday morning and the sun has just risen. i am driving through my home town with my dad, taking in his wise thoughts and peaceful presence. we were on the topic of hardships in life, one of many deep conversations we enjoy sharing. and as i watched the sun radiate through the branches of the trees alined along the road, my father voiced a thought that has stuck in me like no other idea. almost as a concluding reflection he spoke over the music and said, "life can be hard sometimes. that's why music is so good". .. maybe it is because i love music so much that i appreciated what he had said. but then i really thought about it. music is good when we can relate, when we can feel something. music is good when the lyrics speak to us, when the words are so chillingly accountable we get goosebumps. that's what he meant. music is so good because when life gets hard, we turn on that one song and we finally feel understood. maybe we don't necessarily find the answers in music, but i think we find peace. listening to words, swearing they were written for us, seem to help calm the troubled emotions. and for those two and a half minutes or however long it may be, music is what makes us feel whole again. music is what makes us feel limitless and never-ending, taking away our confined state of mind. music is what triggers the surplus of emotions. music is what feelings sound like.
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since i'm on the subject of music, here are some of my favorite musicians/bands at the moment :
one: coldplay .. there are no words to describe how much i love coldplay. their music is the soundtrack to my life. jk jk .. but really. i saw them this past summer in concert. i swear it changed my life. oh and chris martin has the best dance moves.

two: wold gang .. i saw this band open for coldplay and they were so amazing. i also had the pleasure of seeing them on their headline tour. besides being some of the nicest guys, their music is incredible. very dreamy and very fun.

three: ellie goulding .. first of all i wish i could rock that semi-buzz hair-do thing that she has/had. i first came across ellie when i was in israel. her music video for "lights" was one of the only english videos on the television. i am in love with her sound.

four: the royal concept .. these lovely swedes opened for wolf gang on their past tour. and they sure do know how to put on a good performance. they have the coolest sound.

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i just realized none of these are american musicians .. i'm american .. awkward.

xx