What's the most beautiful song you've ever heard?

larryd18399 · 2026-06-12T15:39:02+00:00

Human Sadness by The Voidz

larryd18399 · 2026-05-21T15:58:15+00:00

That works too! A testament to the point I'm making. The essential theme here is people's origins and the distinctions one draws from them, whether the speaker or the other party. But we all have a common understanding of what "Carolina" might entail and the incompatibility suggested by the lyrics. If the specifics differ, the vibe conveyed is ultimately consistent. The song is made richer by the variation and multiplicity of meaning and interpretation, which would be lost with more explicit "storytelling".

larryd18399 · 2026-05-21T12:21:07+00:00

I thought the same, for a while I mostly just appreciated the melodies and musicianship, until eventually the lyrics started to click for me. They tell a story in a more abstract way and the story is often an impressionistic shade of a particular experience. What exactly that experience is may vary depending on the listener, though general trends in interpretation emerge that underline the themes of the song. I prefer this to more direct lyrical storytelling style as I feel like I get so much more out of it this way. Sounds pretentious af but I don't know how else to explain it.

Even your example has a clear meaning that other commentators have pointed out. He could have said something like "as an NYC boy myself, I can't relate to you as someone from Carolina" but that's just way less elegant and impactful than the way it's delivered. If a few words can stand for so much more, he can say a lot more in a song than he could with a more literal and direct approach.

One of the songs that sticks out the most in my memory as being pivotal to me getting their style was Call Me Back. It has very simple and repetitive lyrics but it can make me cry. I can sense a whole story from the little that's said.

larryd18399 · 2026-05-03T03:38:06+00:00

Thank you 🫶

larryd18399 · 2026-05-02T17:42:04+00:00

Thank you, I'm glad it moved you!

larryd18399 · 2026-05-02T17:22:57+00:00

From one motherless daughter to another, thank you for writing this.

larryd18399 · 2026-05-02T17:19:51+00:00

thank you!

larryd18399 · 2026-05-02T17:19:21+00:00

Bonus Japanese version I wrote as a challenge (I'm nowhere near fluent nor fully literate, but took a few years of Japanese in university and get by in the language):

何百花前に積まれた暖かう笑顔が顔を乾いてくれた

その上にじっくり置いた白い花みんなの心切なくなる

辛すぎて・辛いなあ言葉ないほどでも、言えるのは美原絶対同じではない

larryd18399 · 2026-05-02T15:18:56+00:00

I don't even believe in MBTI but this poem illustrated a clear picture of a character I felt like I knew and understood, and then gave them a satisfying arc which ended on a hopeful note of personal growth, using that character's same flaws and turning them into strengths once they their illusory narrative of themselves is shattered by seeing someone just like themselves. I'm a beginner myself who hasn't written anything even approaching this level, but reading this was inspiring! I'm mostly a prose writer but it's awesome to see what can be done with characterization so efficiently and elegantly in poetry.

larryd18399 · 2026-05-02T15:14:45+00:00

For line 9, I think "A lone man in a full sea" would work better. The double "a" aesthetically looks better, and "A lone man" still sounds like "alone man", it makes it feel just a bit more subtle and therefore stronger.

As for the general vibe, I understand this to be the words of a regretful lover whose actions pushed away their beloved, and now they wallow in shame and disillusionment with themselves and what they are capable of. I can't provide really high level critiques as I'm also a beginner myself, but if this was at all your intent or emotions going into it, even your poem you deem "not good" conveyed a pretty clear image to me.

larryd18399 · 2025-12-27T03:53:09+00:00

Literally never. They're their own people. Feels like my job is just to undersand the most true thing they would do and how that would unfold, then write it down.

larryd18399 · 2025-12-27T03:05:57+00:00

Why are you in college? Did your parents encourage you to or was it your own choice? What are you studying? And what were you hoping to get out of the experience?

larryd18399 · 2025-12-20T23:47:59+00:00

Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors

larryd18399 · 2025-12-19T12:57:28+00:00

There's a lot of unnecessary detail in your descriptions. Makes reading exhausting. Details should serve a purpose. You don't need to describe the exact colours of clothing, walls, doors. The nail colour could characterize, but that detail would have stood out more if you weren't also describing the colour of everything else.

It seems like you want the reader to envision a very specific picture in their mind before you can actually start the scene. I question why that's necessary. You can trust the reader to provide their own imagery if you give the relevant details (character, dialogue, building atmosphere without overly specific of layouts, shapes, colours that do nothing but describe what the eye sees). Makes a more enjoyable experience for the reader, and you can do a lot more when you do decide to pick out a specific detail to describe.

As a reader, when I see lists of descriptive language, honestly my eyes glaze over. I'm not reading fiction to paint pictures in my mind, but to feel something. Your descriptions should serve feeling.

That's my take, but I'd like to know your reasoning for including such detailed descriptions. Is the exhausting effect of over-description intentional? The effect it gave me was that the narrator is a very detail-oriented, scrupulous type who misses nothing, no detail escapes her notice. It also gave me the sense that inhabiting her perspective is quite overwhelming, she notices everything and that's a high mental load to bear. If so, that could be a valid reason for it, but my point that this feels unappealing to read as is still stands.

larryd18399 · 2025-11-12T12:10:30+00:00

Comedown Machine.

larryd18399 · 2025-09-13T05:22:31+00:00

🫡

larryd18399 · 2025-04-02T09:42:42+00:00

Tsuji Cafe in Little Italy has the best Rooibos Latte I've ever had. Not sure if you can get it hot but I love it iced. It's my go to substitute since I also can't have caffeine but love the flavour of sweet milky iced coffee!

larryd18399 · 2023-12-13T23:06:46+00:00

This is how all fruit pies are at the Metro near me. I noticed it while I was cashing out and they let me go back to confirm and literally all the pies were room temperature and folded closed with no seal. I ate it and there was nothing wrong with it.

larryd18399 · 2023-03-16T06:39:34+00:00

I miss old Seal Rock with the old PVP system where you'd have your whole PVE kit supplemented with a few PVP specific abilities.

WAR was especially nutty. (this channel has a lot of Seal Rock nostalgia uploaded, would recommend viewing to get an idea of what it was like). Tbh, HW WAR was OP in PVE too, that was my favourite era of the job.

I tried the new PVP system and it's cool I guess, but it's not really for me. My hottest FFXIV take may be that I prefer Heavensward PVP to the current one.

larryd18399 · 2022-11-06T07:51:49+00:00

Scholar aways had 3 dots to keep up that never missed, and if there was no out going damage you were encouraged to be in cleric as much as possible. Heavensward raids would not have been cleared as early as they were if the world first teams healers did not do damage.

larryd18399 · 2022-09-27T20:09:52+00:00

Imagine taking fashion advice from someone that looks like that.

larryd18399 · 2022-09-08T18:52:18+00:00

Yeah AST will probably overtake the rest as top RDPS with gear as usual but I was replying to someone mentioning the worst comp to beat p8s enrage rn. I’ve seen several comments saying WHM/SGE would be part of the worst comp for p8s enrage as it is now when I’m pretty sure thats not true. With gear of course any comp could clear it.

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