I wanted to capture how music makes me feel, but I feel like I only really caught the sort of "negative" emotions that come with what is a much larger spectrum of "OVERWHELMED".

I love to feel so strongly but it's so often a maddening experience because I cannot share the sensation in my chest. I can try to describe it, try to draw it, gesticulate, holler, whisper - but what I WANT is to transfer it like a hug. Make it a physical experience, because no matter how earnestly we exchange "I know what you mean!"s, it lacks satisfaction.

Sometimes it's beautiful, or giddily fun, sometimes sorrowful - but always the core feeling is the same nameless blooming inside. A rising tide that's like trying to explain the sea, while you're being overcome by a tidal wave.

And I think to myself, "If I could make someone feel about me the way music makes me feel-" and it trails because if I could describe it, we wouldn't be having this conversation, would we?

But I know what I mean.

Assorted Lyrics (c) Assorted Artists
Self and Art (c) J. "Rehgan" Fitzmaurice