/ost/ - Music, Composing

I was listening to this yesterday, and it really made me think about how well-written English love songs are universally relatable.

For me, Lilian conveys feelings of love we've all felt. The vocalist describes the unique physical traits of this woman, but most of us have shared the emotion he expresses, for many different kinds of women.

What I'm trying to say is that you can basically ad lib the traits describing the woman, including her name, and still relate to the overall meaning of the lyrics.

It's a balancing act, however. Too much specific information about the subject's personality, or events that occurred in their lives, causes a rift between the singer and the listener. The listener becomes more of a third-person observer, or cuckold.

Without even getting into the excellent composition of this song, Lilian is the Goldilocks of melodeath love ballads. It does not go into detail about their personal lives, and remains purposely vague enough for the listener to self-insert.

The video is kino, and it even adds some ambiguity to the lyrics toward the end as far as the outcome of the relationship.