The Eagle Volume 1, Issue 7 | Page 15

more than heartbreak and hurt;they portray to the listener the power of love. You wouldn’t know joy without sadness, you wouldn’t know safety without danger and you most certainly wouldn’t know heartbreak without love. By presenting the horrific aftermath, you inevitably think of the power that came from what preceded.

The massive impact of love that is insinuated in these tracks makes one connect to them at a deeper level, a level harder to achieve with a joyful love song. Perhaps it’s my own insane desire to feel pain, but to feel this much pain proceeding feelings of immense joy and desire seems to be worth it. So, in every yell, every threat of tears, every soul-crushing high note, I, similar to the artists, yearn for the love that lies behind it and inspired this wonderful art that many shall shed midnight tears to, and some will spend daydream fantasies over.

threat of tears, every soul-crushing high note, I, similar to the artists, yearn for the love that lies behind it and inspired this wonderful art that many shall shed midnight tears to, and some will spend daydream fantasies over.