Makes Me Cry
One of the most hauntingly beautiful songs I’ve ever heard.
Silent House, by the Dixie Chicks.
If you’ve ever known someone with Alzheimer’s, been around someone with Alzheimer’s, loved someone with Alzheimer’s, you’ll understand. None of my family members have experienced this disease, but I’ve been around several people who have at the nursing home my family and I visit every week.
If you want to know what it’s like, listen to this song. Listen to the chords. Listen to the melody. Listen to the intensity, the cutting high pitches, the confused actions. Minor keys mixed with majors, diminished chords, beautiful voices.
If you have cable or satellite and get MTV High Definition, they’re running their Storytellers series featuring the Dixie Chicks right now, so try to catch it there. It’s beautiful cinematography and really cool to hear them talk about their songs. If you watch it you’ll learn what the line in this song means about the shredded pages of the book.
I listen to this song and I just cry.
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