Why I Love Music.

There are few songs that bring me to tears. I haven't figured out what it is about this particular song yet, but it has never failed in making my heart squeeze with raw emotion. Honestly, a lot of it has to do with how the song is sung. It's hard to explain, but when a song is being sung from the heart, you can just tell. This is part of what makes "All of the Stars" so different, to me at least.

If you haven't heard it, you have to:

If you want to read the lyrics while you listen (or don't) here they are:

It's just another night

And I'm staring at the moon

I saw a shooting star

And thought of you

I sang a lullaby

By the waterside and knew

If you were here,

I'd sing to you

You're on the other side

As the skyline splits in two

I'm miles away from seeing you

I can see the stars

From America

I wonder, do you see them, too?

So open your eyes and see

The way our horizons meet

And all of the lights will lead

Into the night with me

And I know these scars will bleed

But both of our hearts believe

All of these stars will guide us home

I can hear your heart

On the radio beat

They're playing 'Chasing Cars'

And I thought of us

Back to the time,

You were lying next to me

I looked across and fell in love

So I took your hand

Back through lamp lit streets I knew

Everything led back to you

So can you see the stars?

Over Amsterdam

You're the song my heart is 

Beating to

So open your eyes and see

The way our horizons meet

And all of the lights will lead

Into the night with me

And I know these scars will bleed

But both of our hearts believe

All of these stars will guide us home

And, oh, I know

And oh, I know, oh

I can see the stars

From America

This song...it's just so much more than that long distance relationship from country to country. To me, it's the distance from this world to heaven. It feels far away, but in some aspect of our hearts, I think every single one of us either secretly or openly hope and have faith that our loved ones are nearer to us than we'd ever imagined. This song is raw. This song has the purest of love in its words. And what could ever be better than a great song that makes you feel the emotions of a lifetime?