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Current mood:	morose
Current music:	Romeo And Julie, Andante Non Tanto Quasi Moderato - Allegro Giusto - Moderato Assai-Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky-Symphony No. 5 Romeo & Juliet

Prompt 4 - Song that Describes Me and Why
Oh, goodness, you'd think I'd be chomping at the bit for this one, wouldn't you? I am a fiend for music. It is my life. It is me. It is all I have in the world, at times. It is love. It is life. Some people turn to god or goddess. I just need a few instruments strumming out a melody, a harmony, something a little discordant, sometimes. I need music like others need heroin or cocaine.

It is my bliss and my need.

I suppose I could sum it all up with Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet, especially in Symphony Number Five. It has all the elements that I have found within myself. I am more than the men that surround me. I won't go with just one facet of myself to share with my readers. There really is a great deal to me. I take great pride in all the things that people will and will not know about me throughout my life.

I am pulled apart and brought back together by this Symphony. I only wish I ever had the genius Tchaikovsky had. I will not know that sort of everlasting legacy in my music, but I hope to transport one or two people into another world with modern music of my own design.

It is when I hear this song, in particular, that I know that I must stick around in the world for a while longer, and listen once more. It is music that keeps me alive. It is my religion. Daniell Dennett couldn't be more of a genius for using it as his metaphor for religion in Breaking the Spell. It is definitely the only thing that brings me Home.