The lyric attempts the impossible — to stop time
https://blaise.ca/blog/2018/12/31/the-lyric-attempts-the-impossible-to-stop-time/
Reflections on songwriting and the lyric poem, inspired by thinkers at the University of Toronto.
Reflections on songwriting and the lyric poem, inspired by thinkers at the University of Toronto.
McClane likes this.
If the lyric stops time, the lyric will be unable to "resume time" 😨
I think that's what happens with Sylvia Plath or Kurt Cobain... but the objective is to work through the block while time is stopped, so that you can return to the normal progression of time!