Music is my everything. I didn’t fully realize how happy music made me until I became really in tune with what I decided to listen to, what I liked and didn’t particularly like, and what lyrics spoke to me. I didn’t realize how deeply songs would connect with me, what state of mind they would put me in, what emotions I would feel, what would come up in my imagination as I listened to songs. I didn’t realize the impact of the sound a simple guitar would have on me, the raspiness of deep voices that would give me goosebumps. I didn’t realize how fully music completes me and gives me a feeling of one-ness.
I have a feeling that most people can relate to this, to whatever extent that seems fitting. Music is for enjoyment, usually. Radio play is for popularity, what the common listeners enjoy and vote to have played, and not usually my sort of thing. I can’t exactly pinpoint my favorite genre of music; all I can say about it is: “I like what I like.”
However, this is not a long sappy article about the arts of music and all of its wonders, that is one for another day. This is an article about, previously mentioned in one of my previous articles, the one, the only, Harry Styles.
We all know at least one of his songs from his new self-titled album. If you haven’t heard AT LEAST "Sign of the Times" by now, you really do live under a rock. I don’t make the rules, that is the truth.
Released on the 12th of May 2017, Harry Styles by Harry Styles has already reached No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 in less than a month, as well as reaching No. 1 in over TEN countries. Mind blown.
Okay, so we all get it, he’s super famous, very popular, extremely handsome, and overall just killing the actual game this year. And so, based on these i n c r e d i b l e ten songs, I’ve picked out my top 18 favorite lyrical lines from this album that speak to me on every level. Or are just super clever. Either one. Clever guy.
1. “I just left your bedroom, Give me some morphine, is there any more to do?”
-Meet Me In The Hallway
2. “Comfortable silence is so overrated. Why won't you ever say what you want to say?"
-From the Dining Table
3. "Hard liquor mixed with a bit of intellect."
-Kiwi
4. "Such a pretty face on a pretty neck, she's driving me crazy but I'm into it."
-Kiwi
5. "This thing upon me, howls like a beast. You flower, you feast."
-Woman
6. "Shut your mouth and see, that I'm still the only one who's been in love with me."
-Only Angel
7. "She's gonna be an angel just you wait and see. When it turns out she's a devil in between the sheets and there's nothing she can do about it."
-Only Angel
8. "Tastes so sweet, looks so real, sounds like something that I used to feel."
-Two Ghosts
9. "We're just two ghosts swimming in a glass half empty, trying to remember how it feels to have a heartbeat."
-Two Ghosts
10. "Tongue-tied like we've never known, telling those stories we already told, 'cause we don't say what we really mean."
-Two Ghosts
*can you tell Two Ghosts is my favorite? ok moving on...*
11. "Choose your words 'cause there's no antidote for this curse, oh, what's it waiting for?
-Ever Since New York
12. "Tell me something you don't nothing, just pretend you do."
-Ever Since New York
13. "When I run out of rope, you bring me home."
-Sweet Creature
14. "We don't know where we're going but we know where we belong."
-Sweet Creature
15. "She's got a book for every situation, gets into parties without invitations,"
-Carolina
16. "I met her once and wrote a song about her, I wanna scream yeah I wanna shout it out, and I hope she hears me now."
-Carolina
ALSO ^ that is actually all of my life goals. Just kidding, but still cool. Can I meet Harry once and have him write a song about me? Please?
17. "Why are we always stuck and running from the bullet?"
-Sign of the Times
18. "Welcome to the final show. Hope you're wearing your best clothes."
-Sign of the Times
Despite the fact that he has emerged from One Direction as a pop singer, he's clearly shown his deeper, emotional side as a soloist. Proud of you H!
I hope this has convinced some of you to give a listen to this album, it's quite fantastic. Yay for music!
