Music = Life
He almost broke down crying during the song. Despite his trembling lips and teary eyes, he had to force the tears down and keep going. His voice seemed to rattle like an old rope bridge caught in hurricane winds. He could barely hold the weight of the structure of sound with his low yet powerful notes. He knew they were reaching the climax, but he wasn’t sure if he could stay strong. Just as the climax approached, as he was about to give up, he felt the sound move through him. He was lifted by the sopranos and altos with their ringing high notes and was supported by the lower tenor and bass notes. Without even realizing, he felt his own sound lunge forward and he made his stand. When the climax finally approached, he used his powerful voice to hold the other notes, creating a harmonic cry to not yield, and to not back down. As the resolution came, and the sound came to a quiet retreat, he still felt the need to let tears roll down his cheeks, but decided to hold them for another time. When the song ended, he looked around and saw some of his fellow choir members had let their tears go, and they all saw their choir director sobbing happily.