Concentrate: So hear this please/And watch as your heart speeds up endlessly/And look for the stars as the sun goes down/Each breath that you take has a thunderous sound/Everything, everything’s magic/Just sit back and hold on, but hold on tight/Prepare for the best and the fastest ride/And reach out your hand, and I’ll make you mine/Everything, everything’s magic/Everything, everything’s magic.
Read each word in your mind as if it is being sung. Focus so you actually begin to hear the song playing. Center your thoughts on this intense feeling, don’t simply hear the music in your head—hear it in your life. Live the music.
What if each individual in the world had background music? Explore. For the last few months I have probed and explored the topic. I have asked friends and family the same question that I have presented you—nothing more, nothing less. The responses I have received stretch the limits of one’s imagination. Just sit back and hold on, but hold on tight/Prepare for the best and fastest ride. Enjoy.
As you wake, the volume of the music slowly ramps at a steady rate to a normal level. Would your song remain the same day-in and day-out? You walk down the street and pass a friend; what happens? Does your harmony intertwine with your friend’s—as you pass each other do the beats simultaneously strike, creating a new resonating rhythm, echoing your friendship? Or does it take more for a change to occur? Do you have to be in conversation with your friend to hear a difference?
When two people sit studying for a test, do their songs communicate as they review concepts? Do the lyrics of the individuals reinforce each other, building and strengthening their meaning? Envision this: A group of students sit studying, with one student explaining a topic that another doesn’t fully understand. Try to imagine that initial moment when the unsure becomes solidified in one’s brain, when confusion dissociates and the outcome is clear. How would this split-second moment sound?
What about everyone else’s song? Can you hear another individual’s music? Would this cause the world to be one massive white noise zone—to be one LOUD war of noise? Or is it more selective—can you hear only certain people and tune into their song, like a radio receiver? Imagine tuning into a person’s frequency and listening to their music, being able to feel the pain or joy they are currently surrounded by. Then you could truly say, “I understand what you are going through; I feel your pain.”
Can your song change? How frequently would the tune vary, or would your life be on continuous broken record? Would your song be affected by your emotions? Does a rock song show you are living life to its fullest or a ballad that you are in love? If this type of truth was available, would there be mistrust and uncertainty in the world?
Think of a song that has meaning to your life. Determine why this song is important—is it how the lyrics resonate what you are feeling? Or does the power behind the bass energize each action you take? Does the chorus transport you to a specific time or place—connecting you to another individual in your life?
Music can be viewed as a way to document your life. Music is a place where one can escape from the world, a vessel where one can store emotions, and a way to remember the past and hope for the future. What will the song or playlist of your life be?
