MY FAVORITE SONG

Casey Riland

English 1A                                      Music and Culture

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    The song that touches my heart is by Faith Hill and it is called “It Matters to me” it is of the country genre. The song is about how men and women communicate and the pain that it can cause deep in your heart. I am currently in a relationship that has or was assaulted on many levels from infidelity to addiction. This song has a very special place in my heart because my partner and I have stayed the course of our love and fought to keep together a loving union that we had never experienced before...

    We were both married to other people and experienced very different types of dysfunction in our previous situations. In our relationship I believe we found in each other a new way to experience love from another person. Though our love that was assaulted many times. We have discovered through many sad and troubled times even a long separation that love can conquer all things and through learning to communicate and loving each other unconditionally we have and are building a union that cannot be broken again.

         In the song she says “Where did you learn to fight with no words” explains how men can withhold and not show their feelings. This is a common problem I had and silence can be more hurtful than words when someone is so in love that they cannot break through the walls that created when hurtful things happen that are not always deliberate or even when they are such as infidelity. Sometimes people do things because of their behavior or fear of being hurt. In my experience the other relationships were an escape from allowing me to be truly loved.

        I had never met someone as outgoing and dynamic as my girlfriend was and instead of embracing what I now know was a true love that makes me a better person. I could not trust that this relationship was going to be what it has become .In another part of the song he sings “Maybe I still don’t understand ,The distance between a woman and a man, So tell me how far it is and how you can love like this, “Cause I’m not sure I can” has helped me to see that talking and sharing your feelings and emotions with one another truly is the way to build a lasting union between two people who obviously care enough about each other .

       Country music has always been close to my heart. I remember listening to it as a child while my mom would sing outloud and dance around the house then I thought she was embarrassing.

        Now I can see how the feelings of joy and emotion this genre of music really do touch your heart and through maturity and experience I to have danced in my kitchen and cried to lyrics that can truly move a persons soul if they are open to it.In conclusion my heart belongs to country music with all of the sadness and joy and yes even heartache I have experienced throughout the years of my life country music seems to explain it best and I think Faith Hill has also helped me learn to be a better friend ,lover ,son and father…