music

A very bad habit I have is singing along with songs I hear on the radio. I also listen to the text of any song I hear, and that may actually make me not like a song anymore just because the text doesn't suit me. For a song to become one of my favorites, music, text and artist have to be to my liking. So I usually end up liking only one or two songs from one artist. There are a few exceptions to that. Sting and The Police have been my favorites for a long time, through the Labyrinth movie I came across David Bowie, he became another.
Yesterday, something very rare happened to me. I listened to a song for the first time and immediately related to it. It fit my mood at that moment and it also reminded me of a good friend of mine, who is most likely to read this. So, Michael, isn't that part of what you've been telling me all along?
Here goes:

I can hear your soul crying
Listen to your spirit sighing
I can feel your desperation
Emotional deprivation

Let yourself go
Let yourself go
Let your feelings show

Picking up the conversation
Deep in your imagination
Tune into the lonely voices
Talking of their only choices

Let yourself go
Let yourself go
Let your spirit grow

Step out of the cage
And onto the stage
It's time to start
Playing your part
Freedom awaits
Open the gates
Open your mind
Freedom's a state

I can taste the tears falling
The bitterness inside you calling
Yearning for a liberation
Emotional emancipation

Let yourself go
Let yourself go
Let your senses overflow

Step out of the cage
And onto the stage
It's time to start
Playing your part
Freedom awaits
Open the gates
Open your mind
Freedom's a state

That's Depeche Mode: "Freestate", from the Ultra album
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