why life should be a musical

If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.
~Gustav Mahler

Lately I don't feel like saying anything...I just feel like copy-and-pasting lyrics to songs I hear. I just seem to keep finding the perfect sentiments in the words and notes of songs.

You know how sometimes you feel something in such a way that you can't find the right words? In the past week, I have found myself uselessly repeating the phrases, "I can't articulate," "you don't know how much," and "I can't even say..." Words are failing me. Miserably. And I usually am able to use my words with great success!

I wish I could write music, but it's not a talent of mine. I can sing, feel, enjoy it though, and I'm glad that since I can't express myself, someone else has done it for me. Luckily I have other people's songs to sing. They've created a soundtrack to my life.

And that's why life should be a musical...our thoughts could be the lyrics. Our stories could be the ballads. Our smiles, the choreography. Our conversations, the duets.

I mean I got so excited about something someone said today that I literally couldn't control myself. There wasn't a word for it and all I could do was basically hit myself in the leg. Weird, but it had to come out somehow. If life were a musical, that would've been the moment I started dancing. People think musicals are unrealistic because people spontaneously jump up and sing or dance, but it's not that much of a stretch. I wish that's what we really did! Sometimes I think it would be easier than trying to search our vocabularies (and it would be more fun too!).

But until the world decides to learn the music and the dances to my life, I'll borrow the notes and make up the steps. I'll sing in the shower and dance in the living room. And if an orchestra and a chorus magically appear, so be it!

Until later!
Lis

It's a lovely day today
So whatever you've got to do
You've got a lovely day to do it in, that's true

And I hope whatever you've got to do
Is something that can be done by two
For I'd really like to stay

It's a lovely day today
And whatever you've got to do
I'd be so happy to be doing it with you

But if you've got something that must be done
And it can only be done by one
There is nothing more to say
Except it's a lovely day for saying
It's a lovely day
~Irving Berlin