I have 2 songs I’d like to share. Before that though, I would like to speak on the energetic truth behind the different spiritual ramifications of song lyrics and music/rhythm itself. As a professional musician, clairaudient, and sound healer, I would like to say that I disagree with the notion stated above that deep soul-stirring lyrics should be obscure and should require a second listen to grasp their meaning. While there is nothing wrong with this or symbolically challenging lyrics whatsoever(as long as the intent of the symbolism is for the greatest good of the human race and entire cosmos and not for any form of evil intent through deception), simple and easily intuited lyrics serve yet a different but equally important role in the ascension process. By appealing to a wider audience of people who otherwise wouldn’t put in the time to puzzle out cryptic hidden explanations, sometimes simple lyrics can be deep, powerful messages that reach a broader audience. Such as the simple yet, deeply resonating lyrics of ‘Imagine’ by John Lennon.
Here’s how I see the difference: While LYRICS stir thoughts and plant idealogical seeds in your mind and heart that can be used as a personal spiritual compass or as a springboard to propel and keep your thoughts and consciousness in the direction that you feel spirit is leading you; the MUSIC itself, either with or without a separate percussive rhythm behind it, can be utilized through the use of modal changes and especially Divine harmonics to create literal energy forces(vibrational frequencies) from a state of non-existing potential energy one moment, to a living auditory state of perceptible vibration wherein those frequencies are heard and felt, yet still remain unseen. Unless of course the vibration is traveling through liquid or solid states of matter. In that case, you can respectively either see the vibrations creating ripples in liquid or, your body picks up the shaking feeling(either through the feeling of your feet on the ground, or through the energetic blast of sound that permeates the physical tissue) because having any type of energy pass through the body changes it on a cellular, molecular, atomic and most importantly, a genetic level. I also categorize the melody that the lyrics take on as a part of the music itself. This is because melody is tonal, pitch-dependent, and most importantly, the building block of harmony, which in turn leads us right back to harmonics!
So to put it as simply as I know how... Since we all know that energy can effect us down to the genetic and cellular level, even creating something some of us experience called frisson(French word pronounced ‘free-saw’) that is described as the feeling of ‘aesthetic harmonic dermal chills’ or crudely referred to as a ‘musical skin-gasm’, here is proof positive that harmonically strong, well arranged musical compositions can directly influence and raise the vibratory state of our physical being, therefore aiding us in our ascension/awakening process. While on the other hand, lyrics, as stated earlier, affect our cognitive and emotional states, allowing us to make connections between our own ideas and those ideals in which the words of the song refer to.
In summary, Lyrics AFFECT emotion, feeling and thought; Music EFFECTS the quantifiable vibration of our vessel, having an actual ascendant quality as it changes the frequency of our physical body.
Whew! I apologize if some parts of that were redundant and also for the extremely long first post of mine on these forums. But if some of you here haven’t ever looked at it like that, it really does shed some light on what exactly is going on between mind, body, and spirit when touched by what to us is holy, sacred, and personally meaningful music! I also thought you guys would enjoy a discussion about how these main parts of music/songs/hymns/chants and the like, absolutely DO lead to evolving consciousness!
Here are the first two songs that came to mind when reading the OP. They both have great lyrics, melodies, harmonies, that when allowed, can most definitely aid in yours and the ascension/awakening process of others.
1. Believe by Lenny Kravitz.
Be sure to note the lyrics that speak of the oneness of all of us and how belief alters reality if we only have faith that it will and we continually strive for positive change. Also, the outro of this song is incredibly powerful, vibrationally speaking. There is something very special about the chord progression for the solo at the end of the song that creates a resonance of holy power within the elevated and discerning listener.
2. Beyond by Daft Punk
The lyrics again here are trancendent. They speak of rising above your normal, psychical 3rd dimensional life, conquering your dreams and finding your higher self in order to reconnect with the true memories within your soul which never developed amnesia since your 3rd density body incarnated. This song has a couple of my very favorite lines in it as well. After explaining that you are a powerful immortal energy, that you can manifest yourself in many different forms, and that you can and already may reside in many different levels of reality, the lyrics say, ‘The perfect song is framed with silence. It speaks of places never seen. Your home’s a promise long forgotten. It is the birthplace of your dreams.’
Hope you enjoy!
P.S. I did not touch on the rhythm side of music here because 1)I had already made my long winded point, and 2) because of the fact that The Law of Rhythm is both one of the 7 Hermetic Principles and one of the 12 Universal Laws so it could use its own discussion and deserves more explanation than I have time for after all of that!
Steven