Creep By Radiohead, Voices Carry By Florence + The Machine

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“Music is the key,” says Morrissey, who at this point of his life was attending a school with an abusive education system. He says this when he watches his teacher and fellow classmates finally smile while a song was being played. Furthermore, music is the key that can unlock the feelings we keep private. Three inspiring songs to come across are: Creep by Radiohead, Voices Carry by ‘Til Tuesday, and Dog Days Are Over by Florence + the Machine. Many people have experienced the feelings presented in each song: feeling like and outcast, wanting to be heard, and realizing that life moves forward.
Creep is an inspiring song that gives people something to relate to in tough times. “But I’m a creep. I’m a weirdo. What the hell am I doing here? I don’t belong here” (Radiohead, 1992) is the chorus of this simple song. “I don’t belong here,” is a simply put statement, but …show more content…

“Leave all your love and your longing behind, you can’t carry it with you if you want to survive. The dog days are over, the dog days are done. Can you hear the horses, ‘cause here they come” (Welch, 2008) are the lyrics in the chorus. In a way, it is like Florence Welch is talking about life like a war, and basically saying that the war of the past is over and now it’s time to move on to the next. “Happiness hit her, like a bullet in the back. Struck from a great height, by someone who should’ve known better than that” (Welch) are the lyrics that pick up the song. Soon, the fight is not over because there will always be a person who will shoot bullets, but it is what people do in the aftermath that matters. “Happiness hit her,” and this person “should’ve known better,” than to stop her from that. There are many points in life where it is time to move on, being that it is “just life,” and this song truly embraces moving forward until the wars we witness are

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