I think for all of us, there are songs, for whatever reason, that really ring true. It's not necessarily a direct connection with the music or lyrics, but something in a song's delivery and mood that captures something not just about the artist, but us.
To me, that's what art is about. Like an indescribable connection to a painting. For instance, do we even know who the Mona Lisa was? Or what her relationship to DaVinci was? Or what he was thinking when he painted that? But who hasn't been moved by that smile, those half-lidded eyes? And who can really explain why? A song can do that too.
For me, Stevie Wonder's "Overjoyed," is such a song. I've been listening to it a lot. There's a dreamy melancholy to it that I think captures something about me. And how I relate to the world.
Find it. And give it a listen.
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