Songs That Make Me Cry
Sad tears. Happy tears. So many tears.
It’s been an emotional morning…
I wasn’t quite sure what I was letting myself in for when, prompted by Kirby Workes, I decided to embark on this selection of songs.
I’ve disappeared down a rabbit hole several times today — found myself moved to tears with aching memories of my teenage years when music was my therapy, then all the good times and bad times of the past couple of decades, again fuelled by the soundtrack of my life at the time.
I realised there were so many songs that made me cry, I couldn’t type this piece through the blurriness of my tears. You think I’m overexaggerating. Nope. I’m a crier! I’ve tried holding in the tears, building up my walls, stifling the sobs, but it’s no good — emotion simply spills from my eyes.
So, I’ve decided to select the songs that have reduced me to tears over the recent months.
‘Possible’ East Forest
And we loosen the grip on all we cannot hold / … / Winds will blow and break / But we stand on our feet and rise up to our fate / Could you let go
I listened to this many a time in autumn 2021. Maybe it was the time of year with the trees shedding their leaves and a sense of hibernation in the air, but ‘letting…
