Are Songs Just Poems with Music?

Poem

the trees move as you keep looking forward

nothing happens where you aren't watching

there are only 2 things on your mind

"Watch where you're walking", and something more

something heavenly that drives you

so rhythmic it seems to move you forward without having to yourself

it doesn't just play, it gives you purpose to keep going forward

you take a couple of turns but it keeps playing

it is constant, it is captivating, it is close

it's not just the music, it's the meaning, the mood, the masterful use of melodies that motivates your mind

to keep moving

Broken

the trees move - as you keep looking forward

nothing happens - where you aren't watching

there are only

2 

things on your mind

"Watch where you're walking"

and something more

something heavenly       that drives you

so rhythmic it seems to move you without having to yourself, it doesn't just play, it gives you purpose to

keep going forward

you take

                                    a couple

                of turns

but it keeps playing

it is constant;    it is captivating;    it is close

it's not just the music, 

it's the meaning; the mood; the masterful use of melodies that motivates your mind

to keep moving

I haven't really written too much poetry in my life, or even read that much poetry. But I have listened to a lot of music, which - in some ways - can be compared to poetry. Not just things like "His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy ... mom's spaghetti" from Eminem's "Lose Yourself" which rhymes but more introspective, "poetic" lyrics, such as all the lyrics from Radiohead's "Nude" which read:

"Don't get any big ideas 

They're not gonna happen

You paint yourself white

And fill up with noise

But there'll be something missing

Now that you found it

It's gone

Now that you feel it

You don't

You've gone off the rails

So don't get any big ideas

They're not gonna happen 

You'll go to hell

For what your dirty mind is thinking"

This song, the music, vibe, and everything else intertwines with the lyrics to create a beautiful atmosphere that almost seems hopeless, which is a theme this song tries to convey. The song describes a world where any new thoughts or opinions are immediately shunned, which parallels what happened to them with some of their artistic choices. These simple lyrics, along with the breaks from the chorus to the verse give a sense of hopefulness but then dashes it down with the next part of the song. 

This type of masterful songwriting along with the moving instrumental is what inspired my poem. I wanted to convey how just listening to an amazing song can pull you in and make you move on autopilot while you take in the entire song, appreciating it for all it's worth. I tried connecting some elements of the song to the outside world and I tried using some alliteration to drive the poem forward at the end. While breaking it, I thought of multiple things: where natural breaks in the poem would go, where unnatural pauses in the poem could make you think again, and just visual breaks. For example on line 9, I actually put two parts of the poem together to make it flow and speed up. Then I added a break to give a pause right before a climax. I felt that this gave the poem some motion and made it go somewhere instead of just being a singular direction with a singular speed. Hopefully it went alright.

My most played songs this week:

F Cancer (Boosie) - Young Thug feat. Quavo

BUSY/SIRENS - Saba feat. theMIND

Hallucinating - Future

Boylife in EU - Yung Lean

White Mercedes - Charli XCX