19.

Mashrou' Leila - Ibn El Leil
⊹ Roman
Roman is a love song disguised as a dance track, or a dance track that finally admitted it was a love song all along. Sinno sings about being himself in a city that loves him and punishes him in the same breath, and the synths pulse like a heartbeat that refuses to slow down. This is what it sounds like when the small rebellions win, not the revolution, not the overthrow, just a person dancing in a room and meaning it, being exactly who they are for the length of a song. Sometimes that is enough. Sometimes that is everything.
[permlink]