Thanks about the article.

That lyric sure does represent something important, which is the loss of time that occurs during regret or worry periods. The regret or worry might slowly go away, but the time lost during that period is unrecoverable. This is worth keeping in mind the next time some sort of worry sets in.

Thanks about the post.

Cool lyric you have chosen there. We often have our answers in the mirror. Sometimes I think about how we have most answers we are looking for in our hands. Some folks make changes solely based on what they see and think when they reflect on their own past decisions, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Music’s relevance can be easily missed. There is that feel-good part of it, and the valuable part of it.

A great post and an equally great question at the end, “Do you have any . . . ? They are numerous I could select, however I’m going to give the lyrics from the Michael Jackson track, “Man in the Mirror”.
“If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place
Take A Look At Yourself, And Then Make A Change”

I’m with John here; as a younger person I didn’t see the really value of music or many other of the arts in terms of inspiration. There is so much to learn and benefit from them.

Regards

Paul

For example, when I heard Jay-z and Alicia Keys song: Empire State of Mind.
I didn’t know that on the Hook, Alicia Keys was saying:

“Concrete jungles where dreams are made of, there’s .nothing you can’t do…”

You bring up a cool point there. People sure do hear what they see. What we hear is colored by how we think the singer or performer is presenting it. This is why I sometimes avoid seeing the music video for songs that have relevance for me, because the video can limit what I had in my mind. It is like seeing the movie made based on a book, and suddenly the imagination is converted to concrete settings and actors.

That Bobby was smart in seeing that he could put aside his interests for what he wanted to be seen as, and then could present the music as he desired. The message really is what we usually want to defend, as other items are not so valuable. If I want to tell people to recycle, for example, it doesn’t matter so much if I tell them through music or put it on the back of a business card that I pass out at times.

Thanks for your thoughts and welcome to the wonderful world and community and social area that we like to call the land of Timeless Information Incorporated Association Conglomerates.

I recall the movie “Beyond The Sea” which is the life story of Bobby Darin. At one point in his life he had undergone a life change from a Sinatra-like image to hippie. His lyrics and image reflected this change and he ditched the tuxedo for more casual anti-war protester garb. Needless to say during his next performance, it was not well received and he was laughed off the stage.

He soon realized that “people hear what they see” and changed his image back from protester like to Frank Sinatra like. Although he had to sacrifice his image, his new message was spread to his audience which remained strong. The message was more important than the medium.

Although this isn’t a lyric I thought it was a powerful message nonetheless and it was conveyed through music.

I actually had heard that many times, but didn’t really know all the words. There sure is inspiration in there. We have to reach for something big.

On an unrelated note, I always see things I missed when I look at lyrics to songs, and see that I was way off in some parts.