song

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This song is a beautiful song, and while it is a stark contrast to the rest of the very heavy material that is on the rest of this album, it remains a necessary track to the album, and is a perfect introduction to the sort of mood and haunting themes of the album.

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  1. noun Music A brief composition written or adapted for singing.
  2. noun Music The act or art of singing: broke into song.
  3. noun A distinctive or characteristic sound made by an animal, such as a bird or an insect.

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  • They could hear few words, but it seemed plain to them that the song was a rain-song, as sweet as showers on dry hills, that told the tale of a river from the spring in the highlands to the Sea far below. —  The Lord of the Rings
  • The two must go together as naturally as breath and heartbeat, or the song was a botch and a mockery. —  F ;SF; - vol 101 issue 04-05 - October-November 2001
  • Luke introduced the song (which you can't really hear), by essentially saying that the song is about a king who was great and strong but is now weak and looking at death, thereby reminding us of the brevity of life and the everlasting value of our God who reigns (or something like that in 9 yr old terms). —  Irish Calvinist
  • This song is a beautiful song, and while it is a stark contrast to the rest of the very heavy material that is on the rest of this album, it remains a necessary track to the album, and is a perfect introduction to the sort of mood and haunting themes of the album. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • Starfucker - "German Love"; I don't know if I'm just confused by the utter repetition and catchiness of this song or if the song is actually good, but for now I will lean toward the latter while I ponder the possibility of the former. —  Pop Tarts Suck Toasted
 

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music ·  story ·  voice ·  dance ·  poem ·  melody ·  scene ·  note ·  speech ·  beauty ·  dream ·  cry

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English sang; see sengwh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Scots also sang; from Middle English song, sang, from Anglo-Saxon sang, song, singing, song, a song, poem, poetry, = Old Saxon sang = OFries. song, sang = Middle Dutch sang, Dutch zang = Middle Low German sank, Low German sang = Old High German sang, Middle High German sanc, G., gesang = Icelandic söngr = Swedish sång = Danish sang = Gothic (Moesogothic) saggws, song; also collectively, Old High German *gasang, kisanch, Middle High German gesanc, German gesang, song; from the verb, Anglo-Saxon singan (preterit sang), etc. sing: see sing.
 

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