I’ve chosen “Reinvention” by ‘As I Lay Dying’ for the debut post in this category. And to be honest, this song was the major factor behind starting this whole thing. The song belongs to the Metalcore genre and has growling vocals, riffs and loads of screaming. So if you can’t stand any of these 3 things, just skip the video and read the lyrics.

Heard it? Good. This is what they were singing:

“You brought existence
To what I never thought could be
A world where eternity finds description
I followed a dream only to be left in reality
You reminded me of the unexplainable
And then reshaped me by your beauty
Knowing you has reinvented love in my heart
The perfection of love’s true existence
Experienced for the first time
I tried so hard to wake from this dream
But instead realized that I never fell asleep”

Doesn’t seem like a bunch of incoherent sentences screamed out at a high pitch by lunatics now, does it?

And that’s the whole point really. A lot of times it happens that we listen to a song which doesn’t suit our tastes and we instantly dismiss it as a load of crap. But if we pay attention to what is being sung, it just might enable us to see it in an entirely different light.

This song describes how the arrival of someone special changed their life for the better, making it much more fulfilling and turning their dreams into reality.

Beg to differ? Go on, tell me what you think. Or even better, tell me if you’ve felt the same way at any time in your life.