I-Tunes and Eye Tears...

I cry to music more often than not.

Ok, so that's a bit of an exaggeration. But I do cry to certain types of music more often than not. Like, the sad kind. Think Phantom of the Opera or Les Miserables here. Also, the Hymn kinds.

This week I've used up most of the last few dollars of Christmas I-Tunes money I had on my account to buy a few songs from Les Mis. I have read that book (yes, the super-long unabridged version), and have heard the songs, but it's not a score that I'm incredibly familiar with. I wanted to get to know the music a bit better so I bought some of it. And it makes me cry.

Also, how pathetic and horrible is the story of the Phantom? He's creepy, and terribly depressing.

But most of the music I cry to causes tears of pure joy. Hymns especially get me going. The bliss of knowing that I have a Savior, that He understands my struggles and fears. The gratitude at this knowledge. Just gets me teary-eyed. I guess I tend to put a lot of classical music into this group, too. How can you not get teary at the Moonlight Sonata? The struggle and triumph that I feel in the melancholy of that melody is just too much for my weak tear ducts. Perhaps it's that I know that, were I the one playing these pieces, I would be playing with my whole heart, offering up thanks to my God for the gift of music in my life.

It's got to be an interesting experience for my neighbors, though, who often observe me walking home, earbuds in, with tears streaming down my smiling face.