magic
There are songs in my world that nobody else can hear. Oh, they THINK they hear them, alright -- hence I'm not in the asylum just yet -- but what they hear is different from I what I hear. They hear music. I hear magic.
I hear the words of spells and invocations in wordless song. In foreign languages that make no sense, and unintelligible vocals. Rhythm opens the gates. Melody guides us through.
This is not to say that I hear magic in all the music I hear. I don't. That would be lovely and poetic to say, but it's just too gods-damn fluffy.
The stuff with in it is magic is intentional. There's a will behind it, and a focused intent. Maybe it wasn't mean to be magical and maybe the musician doesn't believe in themself, but they believe in their music and, in a way, it believes in us.
Sometimes this music is difficult to listen to. Sometimes we instinctively hate it or love it. Often music with magic in it is the stuff we listen to that no one else does, or the music that inspires emotions and desires that don't seem to match with what's sung. I am not talking about favourite songs that get stuck in our heads or resonate sentimentally, either; I mean songs that change who we are without us ever understanding why. This is the music that speaks an intent without ever saying a word.
I don't know that this entry makes any sense, but right now I don't give a fuck. I just heard something... that I have heard before. It's been in my playlist for quite a long while and plenty of anime fans have heard it. But I heard something else in it today, something that made my heart ache with a yearning that was not my own. I picked up an intent. I'd say that most of it was a conscious intent, seeing as the song is MEANT to convey longing, but there is something even deeper than that that woke a part of me up.
"Saeglopur" by Sigur Ros, "Sora's Song" by Maaya Sakamoto, and "Now We Are Free" from the Gladiator Soundtrack all have a similar effect, but I don't know that this entry was even geared toward recorded, popular songs.
Whatever the case, the intent I just heard is singing in my blood like alcohol...
I hear the words of spells and invocations in wordless song. In foreign languages that make no sense, and unintelligible vocals. Rhythm opens the gates. Melody guides us through.
This is not to say that I hear magic in all the music I hear. I don't. That would be lovely and poetic to say, but it's just too gods-damn fluffy.
The stuff with in it is magic is intentional. There's a will behind it, and a focused intent. Maybe it wasn't mean to be magical and maybe the musician doesn't believe in themself, but they believe in their music and, in a way, it believes in us.
Sometimes this music is difficult to listen to. Sometimes we instinctively hate it or love it. Often music with magic in it is the stuff we listen to that no one else does, or the music that inspires emotions and desires that don't seem to match with what's sung. I am not talking about favourite songs that get stuck in our heads or resonate sentimentally, either; I mean songs that change who we are without us ever understanding why. This is the music that speaks an intent without ever saying a word.
I don't know that this entry makes any sense, but right now I don't give a fuck. I just heard something... that I have heard before. It's been in my playlist for quite a long while and plenty of anime fans have heard it. But I heard something else in it today, something that made my heart ache with a yearning that was not my own. I picked up an intent. I'd say that most of it was a conscious intent, seeing as the song is MEANT to convey longing, but there is something even deeper than that that woke a part of me up.
"Saeglopur" by Sigur Ros, "Sora's Song" by Maaya Sakamoto, and "Now We Are Free" from the Gladiator Soundtrack all have a similar effect, but I don't know that this entry was even geared toward recorded, popular songs.
Whatever the case, the intent I just heard is singing in my blood like alcohol...