Music & LyricsBy: Catalina Torres

Questions

How can music create cohesions between reading books and writing?

What are the common threads between these two subjects?

How did this assumption evolve?

Is this why artists have a way with words?

“A capacity and taste for reading gives

access to whatever has already been

discovered by others.” 

- Abraham Lincoln

What is Literature

Written works

Reading broadens understanding of things

Leads to an extensive vocabulary

It Starts Here

The Library

Barnes & Noble

Charity Shops

What is Music

An art form for people self-express

Music is like catharsis

“Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearingDoubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before;But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,And the only word there spoken was the whispered word,Lenore?, This I whispered, and an echoMurmured back the word,“Lenore!’ Merely this, and nothing more.”

Regrets collect like old friendsHere to relive your darkest momentsI can see no way, I can see no wayAnd all of the ghouls come out to playAnd every demon wants his pound of fleshBut I like to keep some things to myselfI like to keep my issues drawnIt's always darkest before the dawnAnd I've been a fool and I've been blindI can never leave the past behindI can see no way, I can see no wayI'm always dragging that horse aroundAnd our love is pastured such a mournful soundTonight I'm gonna bury that horse in the groundSo I like to keep my issues drawnBut it's always darkest before the dawnShake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out,Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, And it's hard to dance with a devil on your backSo shake him off, oh woah

Citations

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/src/webroot/nechronicle/multimedia/news/national-news/2012/04/04/world-in-pictures-april-4-2012-south-korean-elections-tornadoes-in-texas-and-a-bomb-blast-in-pakistan-100252-30693362/

http://www.collegedj.net/2011/11/18/alternative/florence-and-the-machine-no-light-no-light-video/attachment/florence-and-the-machine-ceremonials-album-cover/

http://www.directlyrics.com/florence-and-the-machine-shake-it-out-lyrics.html

http://www.houseofusher.net/raven.html

http://www.poemuseum.org/life.php