Listening Beyond the Sound

There are few things in the world that relate to you, your life, and your situation. One of the best feelings ever is when someone seems to understand how you feel and pretty much ends a sentence you already started. Music does that for me.

There are times when there's no one to talk to when I need them the most, and once in a while, dreaded memories come back to haunt me. That's when I plug in my earphones, and turn up the volume. As the pounding sound of the beat block all sound from around me, I close my eyes and get a glimpse of a different world. A world that is imperfect, or perfect, a world that delicately describes surroundings that make up a story. And sometimes, that story, sounds just like mine.

The beauty of music is very easily disguised by just the sound of it. If it's catchy, then there's a high chance that when you hear it, the lyrics will race past you. It is when you're alone, sad, broken, or when you just feel like digging deeper, that the song you sang along to on the radio, earns meaning.

At every twist and turn in my life, there is always that one song that makes me stop and listen. What song is that for you? Mine is, Jordin Sparks' One Step at a Time. I always heard it in the mall and quietly hummed the melody to myself. At the time, it was just any other song that was played again and again in public places. Then, I listened closely when I heard the song at home. 'It's gonna happen when it's supposed to happen and we find the reasons why'. Sometimes, I feel lost and hopeless, and, 'I don't know why bad things happen to us sometimes but I have to believe something good is going to come out of this.' That's a quote from Carrie Underwood's character, Sarah Hill, in the movie Soul Surfer. So, my mindset is that we don't know how a certain situation can work out well for us because it seems terrible at that time, but after a while of patience, we find the reason how and why it will work out for the best.

Now for some of my other favourite songs, I've been liking:

Clarity - Zedd
Who You Are - Jessie J
Mirrors - Justin Timberlake
Stay - Rihanna
Fix You - Coldplay
You Found Me - The Fray
Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
Never Change - J Han feat. Sam Ock
Ho Hey - The Lumineers
Little Talks - Of Monsters and Men

For what styles of music I like, I love pop and some r&b! I love listening to ballads as well! I'm also a big fan of K-pop! (I'm South Korean ^.^) My favourite band at the moment is EXO and their song 'Baby Don't Cry' is constantly replaying on my phone! I'll end this here because I'll start fangirling about my favourite members and so on, and that will probably take up a good ten paragraphs.

So, in the end, music helps me find another perspective on a situation that seems hopeless to me. Also, there are always times when I want to escape from my surroundings, or when I want to dig deeper and find a new perspective. So that's when I turn to music and listen.


Thanks for reading!

xoxo Jelly 


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