not to get all music theory on you guys, but if your song's chord progression for the first half of the song is like I, IV, a lil bit of VI even maybe, and then you hit a V out of nowhere then I love you and you are one of god's chosen
✨ a film for every year of my life ✨ | The Commitments (1991) dir. Alan Parker
Soul is the music that people understand. Sure it's basic and it's simple, but it's something else, something special. ‘Cause it's honest, that's it. It’s honest. There's no fucking bullshit. It sticks its neck out and says it straight from the heart. Sure there's a lot of different music you can get off on but soul is more than that. It takes you somewhere else. It grabs you by the balls and lifts you above the shite.
Valkyrie: So, is this mistletoe?
Hansard: Huh-huh, no.. no, uh, that, that is basil.
Valkyrie: Ah, if it was mistletoe, I was gonna kiss you.
Hansard: Yeah, no, it's still basil.
'I can't wait forever', is all that you said
Before you stood up
And you won't disappoint me
I can do that myself
But I'm glad that you've come
Now if you don't mind
Leave.