Music is everywhere and touches everyone. It's a very big influence in the world because every song tells a message and everyone at one point or another is listening to that message. In artist Sam Smith’s song “Stay With Me,” he speaks of loneliness while he pleads to his one night stand to stay, something many people have experienced or can relate to. This song has become very popular and is rising in the charts. However, not many people who know this song know that Sam Smith is gay. Still, that does not matter because his lyrics to not pertain to any one sexual orientation. The message in Sam Smith’s song can pertain to anybody, straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual or whatever. John Paul, an Oklahoma writer who happens to be gay, writes about his experience listening to this song and how it touches him. He shares how he has always had to interpret music so that it applies to his life because songs of his experiences are rare or not many artists are gay. For the first time, John Paul felt that this song was for him. But it’s not only a song for John Paul, it’s for everyone, a song anyone who has felt lonely can relate to. I think this song can teach people that sexual orientation does not matter because everyone is capable of feeling the same feelings. With that being said, they should be allowed to act on those feelings just as anyone else can.
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