Different voices with soulful words
Love and Peace and war and hate
Songs of memories tell us their fate
We listen as children but don't understand the meaning
The beat keeps us bouncing and our smiles beaming
Pleasant rhymes with simple tunes
Lulls us to sleep under the watchful moon
We are molded by the things we hear
Lessons learned by the things we fear
Society is consumed by the sounds of life
Not even realizing if they are wrong or right
As teens we try to find our groove
Showing our parents we have something to prove
Rebelling against the powers that be
Refusing to understand, refusing to believe.
Thrashing and screaming with chaos on the fringe
Made our parents do more than cringe
But we've seemed to make it out okay
Despite the anger and pain suffered in our day
But behind closed doors the tunes can change
Listening to music in another range
Based on what our hearts move us to
Listening for answers to pull us through
Some get lost in the concepts derived
From lyrical words cleverly contrived
But sort out the meanings of what we hear
Truth will prevail, to the right road we'll steer
As adults we learn to appreciate the beauty
Of all kinds of music, soft and heavy
Rap, rock, ballads, and even opera
With open minds accept the karma
When upset we can drift off alone
To a quiet place within our own world
When we return from our dreams of song
We finally accept the things that went wrong
So raise your glasses and say a toast
Pianos and guitars say more than most
Inspired by music as old as man
Humbled by the complexity, understanding what I can.
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