For Poets Nothing Stays the Same

Poetry evokes feeling and meaning in the listener or reader. The song "Nothing Stays the Same" from the album Tornados-EP by Luke Sital-Singh is very poetic. This song's central meaning is that no matter what you do, life is not uniform and will always change, you might as well live the way you want to and follow your passions.

Through the quality of the music, Luke Sital-Singh emphasizes the point and draws the listeners attention. It begins with soft strokes of a lone guitar which grows to a louder sound with added instruments once the chorus comes in. This emphasizes the chorus which states the theme in the most obvious way.

A love, a life, it's dark and bright 

It's beautiful and it's alright

The artist seems to be appealing to someone they love to stay with them because letting go is worth it and you have nothing to lose. He captures the contrast between the highs and lows of life through equating it to levels of "dark" versus "bright" light. Then he reassures the listener that it will be "alright" and looking back they will see how "beautiful" life has been. This relates back to the theme that life is in a constant state of fluctuation.

We all believe in something that'll rip us into shreds

We all know why it stings to open wide your chest

We all show signs of greatness that we hope that someone sees

Our broken teeth are scattered but we're smiling underneath

Words like "rip", "shreds", "stings", and "broken" imply violence, pain, and recklessness. These words are meant to describe the way that you should live your life, without restricting it. The first line of this section truly defines passion, quite often the things we are passionate about can end up hurting us or causing stress but we stick with it despite the risk. The second line emphasizes that letting go and dropping your guard will be difficult and scary but it is important. The third line explains that everyone has a purpose in life and is valuable but we need a connection with someone else to draw it out. The final line of the section proves that life will beat you up but you will look back on it and all the pain will be worth it for all the happiness life brought. 

We all hurt 

We all lie

And nothing stays the same

These three short lines are a part of the chorus. The message of the song is summarized in these eleven words. We will have pain, deception, and change in life but that is inevitable and it should not hold you back.