One of the things I love about Apple Music is rediscovering beautiful music that I’d forgotten about. I recently rediscovered Andy Williams, in particular “The Impossible Dream.” The music and lyrics are beautiful. And, unlike too much music, the lyrics are soul enriching and inspiring rather than soul degrading. This isn’t about being old or new, (in music, and most things, we must avoid chronological snobbism), it is about the sheer beauty of music and lyric in qualitative and substantive harmony.
Regardless of your musical taste, take a listen. I’ve found that if I’m open minded about musical genres I discover music in genres that normally would not appeal to me. An example is country music. I don’t particularly care for the genre but I have found selected songs that I like. The same is true for “Traditional Pop, Easy Listening” to which this song belongs.
Take a listen.
“The Impossible Dream (The Quest)”
To dream the impossible dream,
To fight the unbeatable foe,
To bear with unbearable sorrow,
To run where the brave dare not go.
To right the unrightable wrong,
To love pure and chaste from afar,
To try when your arms are too weary,
To reach the unreachable star.
This is my quest,
To follow that star
No matter how hopeless,
No matter how far.
To fight for the right
Without question or pause,
To be willing to march
Into hell for a heavenly cause.
And I know if I’ll only be true
To this glorious quest
That my heart will be peaceful and calm
When I’m laid to my rest.
And the world will be better for this,
That one man scorned and covered with scars
Still strove with his last ounce of courage.
To fight the unbeatable foe.
To reach the unreachable star.
