There is a song that is called Life
We are all the conductors
Changing the speed, the feel,
but never the meaning.
We control the beginning,
the end, but never the words, the meaning.
Sometimes we try to ignore it
We try to close our ears
But never can we stop hearing it,
no matter how much we don't listen.
The song can be Beauty, but sometimes Fear
The song can be Anger, but sometimes Joy
but it is all but one song, the same melody.
Only we can change the feel,
but never the meaning.
The verse of beauty can be heard
as many different things
Beauty can be vanity, as beauty can be modesty
Only we can change the feel.
The verse of fear comes as it leaves
And the sound can be dark, yet strong
Because with fear, the melody is two:
Fear can be heard as itself, or as courage
Only we can change the feel
Over and over, the chorus anger plays
The refrain that is most difficult to conduct
But listen close, for it too can be changed
Anger resolves, or anger can end
Only we can change the feel
The passage of joy is but a verse
That is long, frequent, and the most diverse
Seemingly infinite ways to make one melody
Become another
Joy brings peace, Joy brings life
But the most important, Joy brings love
Some find the two in the early part of the song
While others more the end
But when they hear that harmony, yes
Love is the Harmony to the melody of Life.
When they hear that harmony, the change is the same
Their song becomes focused on that music
The song of Life, Joy, and Love.
The song is the same
Only we can change the feel.
I know I have found that music of Life
And now I hear that verse of Joy
and have conducted it to the verse of Love
The inspiration was in your eyes, your smile
The knowledge of it was in your touch
A hint of it was in your laughter
And now the song is in my heart.
And I never plan to change the feel.