I was listening to U2's live version of "One," on internet radio and was really touched by the lyrics. It made me think of the words to "Exile," a music compostion by Robert Espindola and Robert Seeley that I sang with the Gay Men's Chorus of San Diego:

[Insert Exile Lyrics]

While I was humming the lyrics to "Exile," transposing them over U2's song, I experienced something overwhelming; a tide of immense sensation jolted through my body, the force of which is like being in the ocean and becoming swept up in a huge wave. It was electric, leaving my hair standing on end. As the sensations faded, I felt very relaxed yet weak, unable to walk. I had to take a moment to collect my thoughts.

Maybe I had an earth-shattering existential epiphany, the kind that shakes one's foundation in life. It was very powerful, and I am still trying to grasp its meaning. I don't want to sound like a Hallmark movie or anything. At any rate, just listening to the lyrics of these uplifting songs made me weepy and simultaneously jubilant.