Song Lyrics

Song lyrics are something that have always been a huge reason as to why I love music. One genre of music that portrays lyrics in a very beautiful way is folk/acoustic music. I feel that the simple instrumentation of this music immediately puts the focus on the words instead of the music, and I love that. A great example of that is City & Colour's "Body In A Box".

There's a funeral procession on the highway

Traffic screeches to a halt

There's people searching for a better way

To live their lives, oh

Johnny lived a good life

You'll hear them say

As tears of sadness soak the ground

The reaper crept in

Took his breath away

In the middle of the night, oh

We celebrate the lives of the dead

It's like a man's best party

Only happens when he dies

We gather round

To pay our respects

While their souls are still searching for the light

Searching for the light

So please don't come to me

On my dying day

Just let me go in peace

With all the things

That I've forgot to say

Racing through my mind, oh

And don't you bury me

Six feet underground

Just burn my body in a box

And let my ashes

Blow with the wind

Out into the night sky

We celebrate the lives of the dead

It's like a man's best party

Only happens when he dies

We gather round

To pay our respects

While their souls are still searching for the light

Searching for the light

-matthew

5:59 pm