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the tragedy of listening to music that's not in my native language is i will listen to the greatest thing i've ever heard, a song that makes me want to drop everything else and pick up the guitar, a song that speaks to the heart, yet i have no fucking idea what the lyrics mean
and because it's something that in grand terms is relatively obscure i cannot even google the lyrics
… maybe i can just buy the cd. i can just buy the cd. this is my favourite album i would be really happy to have the cd
i never shut up about it so if you've read too many of my tweets you probably know exactly which song this embarassingly enough
…hikari you can just transcribe the lyrics. you like this song enough you will eventually be possessed by the need to to transcribe every other aspect of the song. you should just…
ah god once the tears subside again i guess that's what i'll be doing
as an aside i think one of the tragedies with my music arc is that so much of it has been motivated by this burning desire to be able to measure up to particular songs that touch the heart, and yet to transcribe and replicate a complex piece of music is terrifying, so i never try
i must get over that hurdle it's probably the single biggest thing that holds me back, but gods if the gap between “favourite songs” and “music i am capable of accurately transcribing let alone playing” is so horrifyingly large, and the proximity to the heart makes it vulnerable