Audio Assignment
- When I first heard the song, I found the melody, the lyrics, and the singing incredibly moving and intensely emotional.
- The power ballad begins with a soothing male voice, and then builds gradually into a powerful climax backed by a choir.
- The gradual crescendo served to lead the listener’s emotions from a state of calmness to a climax of passion as the music built in volume and intensity.
- After listening to the song a couple of times, I realized that the perfect combination of the melody and the way the singer articulated the song was the reason as to why the music reached out to me.
- The melody is soft and simple, with a light beat compelling the listener to sway or nod along to the music. The thick male voice on the other hand, adds the passion and emotions so distinct in this song.
- The singer’s articulation of the song reflects much of his misery and loneliness and resembles an outcry of pain. That is why I felt moved by the song; I was able to feel the singer’s personal struggle from the way he poured his heart out through his music.
- As I can understand, this song is about a man who once fell in love but had his heart broken and hence, does not know if he is ready to face love again.
- feels insecure about breaking his walls to love someone again
- That is why this song is his outcry of mixed emotions, as he expresses his inner struggle between wanting to feel love again and fear of being hurt and rejected.