I Sing

I Sing

I sing 

Because music is poetry with sound

I sing

Because for the length of a song 

I can tune out the world

And there is nothing 

But me and the music

I sing sad songs

To lift my spirits

And feel grounded 

I sing happy tunes

To get moving

When I've been still too long

It is an outlet 

When I don't have the words

To express what I'm feeling

So it can be loosed into the ether

Instead of bottled up inside

I turn to it in moments of joy

I cling to it in times of sorrow

I sing

Because songs are memories

I sing

Because one day I will be gone

And when that happens

I hope my voice 

Lingers on

Words: ©2020LCR

Song: Paper Kites - On The Train Ride Home 

Note:  I love how the single bass note in the background, the monotonous beat, gives the song a lulling momentum like the movement of a train.   I have layered harmony over the original recording.  If you listen, it sounds best with headphones.