Morbid sounding title, but don't worry, I guarantee that Lukas Graham's song 'Funeral' is brilliant. This morning was the first day of the new semester and hopefully (if I pass all of my subjects), it is my last semester for my degree! This morning, my friend picked me up for uni and we have a system where I choose the song that is playing in the car during the journey. This morning while getting ready, I decided to listen to the Lukas Graham album. I've written about this band a couple of times before, but since then, I've decided which song is my absolute favourite, which is 'Funeral'. I love it so much and have told people that I definitely want it playing at my funeral one day... because that's not a morbid conversation topic...
The piano at the beginning is bluesy and I absolutely adore it. It's the sort of song I can imagine singing late at night in an old timesy bar accompanied by a steinway. And when it builds up with the gospel sounding choir, it becomes almost ethereal. The lyrics themselves are melancholic but in a celebratory way, talking about how the singer won't be there (obviously), but saying how if he were, he would have joined in with the party and exclaiming that "the way [they] lived was amazing".
I definitely want this song at my funeral (a long way in the future we hope) because it is that sort of atmosphere I want to celebrate my life; with joy and fondness.
Moving on from that: this morning being still half asleep, I forced my friend to listen to 'Funeral' a couple of times with my singing loudly all the way to uni. And you know what, I consider that a great start to the day and to the semester.
The piano at the beginning is bluesy and I absolutely adore it. It's the sort of song I can imagine singing late at night in an old timesy bar accompanied by a steinway. And when it builds up with the gospel sounding choir, it becomes almost ethereal. The lyrics themselves are melancholic but in a celebratory way, talking about how the singer won't be there (obviously), but saying how if he were, he would have joined in with the party and exclaiming that "the way [they] lived was amazing".
I definitely want this song at my funeral (a long way in the future we hope) because it is that sort of atmosphere I want to celebrate my life; with joy and fondness.
Moving on from that: this morning being still half asleep, I forced my friend to listen to 'Funeral' a couple of times with my singing loudly all the way to uni. And you know what, I consider that a great start to the day and to the semester.
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