Alot of this seems to be one of those strange semi-autobiographical songs that Murdoch often writes, where he transposes his own stories or opinions onto the life of a teenage (more often than not) girl. In "Just a Modern Rock Story", a book detailing the career of B&S, Stuart tells fo a story from his youth where he travelled from Ayr in Scotland to London alone in the attempt to speak to the band 'Felt' (or it may have been 'Yes'), a band he idolizes. I think religion is used as a metaphor for music, claiming it creates the same feeling of freedom, release and pure love as the former does.
I totally thought that today while listening to it in the car. Music is the true religion in those beautiful lyrics:
I totally thought that today while listening to it in the car. Music is the true religion in those beautiful lyrics:
"I wish that I could sing / I'd stay in a melody / I would float along in my everlasting song."
"I wish that I could sing / I'd stay in a melody / I would float along in my everlasting song."
As a musician, and one who can hear the angels singing whether they be Mozart, Gershwin, Lennon-McCartney, or Murdoch, the meaning totally hits home. God is not in the churches, the synagogues, or the mosques, but in the heart and mind of those who hear the glory of music; it heals, it helps, and it saves.
As a musician, and one who can hear the angels singing whether they be Mozart, Gershwin, Lennon-McCartney, or Murdoch, the meaning totally hits home. God is not in the churches, the synagogues, or the mosques, but in the heart and mind of those who hear the glory of music; it heals, it helps, and it saves.
Alot of this seems to be one of those strange semi-autobiographical songs that Murdoch often writes, where he transposes his own stories or opinions onto the life of a teenage (more often than not) girl. In "Just a Modern Rock Story", a book detailing the career of B&S, Stuart tells fo a story from his youth where he travelled from Ayr in Scotland to London alone in the attempt to speak to the band 'Felt' (or it may have been 'Yes'), a band he idolizes. I think religion is used as a metaphor for music, claiming it creates the same feeling of freedom, release and pure love as the former does.
I totally thought that today while listening to it in the car. Music is the true religion in those beautiful lyrics:
I totally thought that today while listening to it in the car. Music is the true religion in those beautiful lyrics:
"I wish that I could sing / I'd stay in a melody / I would float along in my everlasting song."
"I wish that I could sing / I'd stay in a melody / I would float along in my everlasting song."
As a musician, and one who can hear the angels singing whether they be Mozart, Gershwin, Lennon-McCartney, or Murdoch, the meaning totally hits home. God is not in the churches, the synagogues, or the mosques, but in the heart and mind of those who hear the glory of music; it heals, it helps, and it saves.
As a musician, and one who can hear the angels singing whether they be Mozart, Gershwin, Lennon-McCartney, or Murdoch, the meaning totally hits home. God is not in the churches, the synagogues, or the mosques, but in the heart and mind of those who hear the glory of music; it heals, it helps, and it saves.