Smile

Firstly, I'm sorry for not having written anything last week. It was a very hectic week with a lot of stuff going on and heaps of stuff to deal with. Sometimes things happen all at once and you just have to face it and in the meantime, you get a bit slack in other aspects of life (for example, writing a blog post). But I'm back and today's song is one that is close to my heart. So I hope you all love it, because it is one of my most treasured and beloved song choices, and every time I listen to it, I am completely consumed by so much emotion, because it is just so beautiful. So much so, that I can't even find the right word to describe it without making the song sound average. It is so far from average, it is such an exquisite piece: 'Smile' music written by Charlie Chaplin in 1936, lyrics added in 1954 and sung by Nat King Cole.

I know it's an old song, possibly the oldest song I've chosen for this blog, but age doesn't make a difference, because it is absolutely timeless. The lyrics reach out to the heartstrings of every single person who listens to this song, and with the music, it just makes them ache and break but in the most divine way. I have to put all the lyrics up here because they just need to be appreciated (even though the lyrics are on the clip as well):

Smile though your heart is aching

Smile even though it's breaking.

When there are clouds in the sky

you'll get by

If you smile through your fear and sorrow

Smile and maybe tomorrow

You'll see the sun come shining through

For you

Light up your face with gladness,

Hide every trace of sadness.

Although a tear may be ever so near

That's the time you must keep on trying

Smile, what's the use of crying.

You'll see that life is still worthwhile

If you just smile