I came across this article by Mark Mordue, a writer based in Sydney. He wrote about the significance of poetry in life and in music. It’s amazing what words could do to you. We live by them. We swear by them. We die by them. We learn by them. And we long to find them. One of the reasons I fell in love with music is because of its lyrics. It wasn’t “lyrics” to me. And it wasn’t just words to me. Music and its poetry taught me brutal honesty and gave me a sense of freedom I never thought I had. It’s always been easier for me to understand the world and myself through poetry and sound than anything else. There is a certain magic, a certain comfort and simplicity in rhyme and rhythm… and whether you are being rational or not, right or wrong doesn’t seem to matter. What matters is that you are able to say it like it is. Sometimes people will say that poetry is too deep, too complicated, too abstract and it doesn’t seem to make any sense when you could’ve just used a “simple language”. But I would argue that poetry IS simple language. It may seem abstact and its meaning obscure but I believe poetry is like painting, like a photograph – it just captures a moment almost perfectly. Have a read of Mordue’s article. 
*Note: Sorry, the article I’m talking about is titled, “Lyrics to Imaginary Songs”. I just found out Mordue might have taken it off his blog, The Basement Tapes. I don’t know why but I’ll let you know if it’s back on.
