Been thinking.
My music and lyrics has always had an angsty ache to it.
I've never been able to write feel-good campfire songs like Colbie Callait. I suppose I take life too seriously for my own good sometimes.
Music has always been about expression for me...and it's usually an expression of deep deep pain and brokenness. Always hopeful, because there's always God. So it's never quite in the pits of despair.
Perhaps it's a side that many don't often see. I'm usually really efficient and focused.
John Eldredge once mentioned that there are 2 things that can pierce the heart. Beauty and affliction. I think I'd like my songs to reflect both. Because I'm not satisfied to tickle ears. I want to jab straight at the heart.Because music that speaks to me jabs at mine, all the time.
So my music is not for one to tune out of the pains and frustrations of the world. It is to help ppl face it squarely, add beauty to the equation and see redemption in it all.
I often ache, not just for myself, but for the pains of others.
One day there will be no more pain.
But until that day, songs will continue to come from me till my dying day.
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