Echoes of Emotional Pain: Revisiting 'Hallelujah' for Vibes Web3 Music Competition Week 12

This week, the Vibes Web3 Music Competition chose a powerful theme: Songs of Pain. As someone who has tried songwriting in the past, I felt inspired to write a song that could capture the raw emotions associated with pain. The result was a song I titled "At All Cost."

I was very happy with what I came up with and I asked two friends, @obaro and @edenmichelle to take a look at it and give me feedback. Still, I received their support and useful tips, but at the same time, I felt that I still needed to do something in some way.

The song still needs a strong hook here and there, and I also need to find an instrumental to sing over and see how it flows. I will keep it in my notebook until I know how best to make it come to life.

Interestingly, the song I wrote shares similarities with the one I chose to sing for this week's competition: As a counterpart to my original song, I turned to Alexandra Burke's moving interpretation of "Hallelujah," which stands out as a prime example of a song that conveys profound emotional pain. For those of you who checked my cover during the Eurovision-themed week, you might know that I sang this song.

Since I couldn't sing my original song, I opted for "Hallelujah" because both songs deal with the pain and confusion of a complicated relationship. They both express a sense of longing and yearning for someone who seems unavailable or uninterested.

In my original lyrics, I mentioned that the person says they want her "at all cost," but fails to make an effort to communicate. This is similar to the conflicting messages in "Hallelujah."

My original song is not a replica of ‘Hallelujah,’ but it symbolizes emotional pain, confusion, and heartbreak.

It is that kind of pain that reaches deep into our gut, the one that causes us to doubt everything we knew about love and makes us feel anxious, shameful and unmasked. It is a pain that most of us have at one point suffered from, a language which crosses all boundaries and demonstrates the frailty of spirit. These songs touch the emotional chords and bring a lump into the throat, a tear into the eye and makes us feel connected to the singer and everyone else who has gone through similar ordeals in life and who has hope of a rebirth.

Although the songs’ texts and tunes differ, the themes and emotions are similar. As I go further with the writing of my own song, it is very reassuring to know that one can fully vent through other artists' songs.

“Hallelujah” has become the temporary channel for the emotions I wished to express in “At All Cost. ” Composing a song that can encompass the depth of feeling is not always a simple task when inspiration seems far away and out of sight.

I can relate to this personally because I’ve written two songs in the past but was unable to continue writing them for quite some time. But the theme of “Songs of Pain” woke up the desire to continue creating music in me, and for this, I am grateful.

And as I move forward on this path, the music will guide my way, and help to understand what it means to be alive and part of this world. Indeed, this is what music is all about – to establish one’s connection with others based on common experiences and emotions.

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