The Beauty of Music

So...I have a question. When you're going through a hard time...does anyone hear certain music that makes their heart sting? If so, do you find yourself wanting to desperately listen to it, but just turn the volume down, so it's like it hurts your heart a little less? But the song means so much to you lyrically, vocally, and rhythmically that you can't possibly turn it off? So, two songs do that for me, and their piano sounds very similar in the beginning. I will attach their youtube video links so you can let me know what you think. Ironically, the lyrics mean the opposite of one another.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVl5s1e0Oo4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwMsWjrlu54

The first one was shown to be by someone who used to mean the world to me, but turned out to be a liar. The second one was shown to me by a best friend and when I heard it, I couldn't bring myself to listen to the entire thing because it hurt me to hear, I didn't ever want to say I could sing that song. Now, I can say that I can. It still stings, yes, but the words are very true. Some music can sting so bad that it makes me cry, maybe "moving" is the better terminology.

It's amazing how each of these songs moves me in the same exact way, but their meanings are completely the opposite. Music has the ability to move me to my very core like that. I'm not sure if normal people have these experiences or not, but I do and sometimes they drive me crazy, because the songs I love, are sometimes difficult to listen to because of association.

If you give me the name of a song, I can tell you at which point I remember hearing that song, either as a child or what memory is esentially attached to it. Sometimes, I wonder why I attach a song to all of my memories. I guess that is how my mind and heart remember things close to me.

For example: the songs that mean a lot to me from Vegas and a couple of them "move" me are:
Last Friday Night by Katy Perry
California King Bed by Rihanna
Memories of Us by Keith Urban

If you ask me, I can tell you what memory it's attached to. I love how my brain does that as an automatic way to remember things I deem important to remember.

Right now, my heart is experiencing so many different things. It is beaming, stinging, and squeezing all at once. It's like being happy, sad, excited, and disappointed at the same time. Music is a big part of my life and it is what drives the very things I am passionate about.

If you have an appreciation for music and lyrics...holla! :)