 Slytherin by heart
Kyle looked up at the ceiling and bounced his pencil, eraser side down, on the desk. How had music had a role in his life? He heard someone mention that if you couldn't understand the music, it wasn't universal. But was it? He supposed some songs he had listened to, that had lyrics sounding quite a bit different from the tone of the music, would make it difficult to truly appreciate if you didn't know the language. But other music he had listened to from various parts of the country...
"I think the general tone of music, in most circumstances, is universal. Like there's a Korean song I listened to that's a love song between this guy and girl... It's like I could picture them singing it, even though I didn't know the words. Dad helped me look up the translation on the Internet, though, and that seemed to give it more meaning. But some song, the lyrics and the tone of the music don't match, and in those cases it's completely different. Like an upbeat sounding song with really depressing or creepy lyrics, you wouldn't get the complete meaning of the song without knowing what they were saying." He thought about it some more. "Music is really important to us in my family. We all have our favorite songs, favorite singers, favorite styles... And some music makes us remember things. Like songs played at dad's weddings remind him of those times, or ones played at funerals he'd been to remind him of those people. I haven't been to a wedding or funeral yet, but dad says that kinda stuff is really emotional for him. I tend to like upbeat pop songs myself."
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Armand and Damien Beta-Erikson
Named for Legends
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