The healing properties of lyrics

Just before Xmas, I was introduced to sounds of the Delgados. It was a special night and a sad one too. My loved one and I had been in conflict earlier that week and I'd been really upset, so much so, that I found it hard to contemplate so many things and really needed to reflect about alot of things. Luckily, we managed to calm the conflict and I went to see him. He played a CD by The Delgados - The Peel seesions. Anyway, never heard much of their stuff before albeit a few tracks here and there. I must say I was pretty staggered by their sounds but also their lyrics really touched me. I remember listening to them and feeling really sad but also gaining a sense of understanding about people not meaning to be nasty and that at times, people say things that they don't mean. The tracks that specifically touched me that night, were 'I fought the angels', 'Is this all that I came for' and 'Make your Move'. I remember sitting there feeling a sense of sadness but also trying to understand things and also remembering forgiveness and love. It was a special night in many ways and this music made me feel that words didn't need to be spoken. It actually comforted me in some sense ,because the music was enough to explain and communicate what my loved one may've been feeling and indeed, trying to let me understand this.

These are the lyrics I especially love - they speak volumes in many respects.

I fought the angels here today
Hope my defeat will end this play
I only have myself to blame
Everybody knows that
Softly softly wins the game
Trust I'll try to learn again
My words are seldom for a friend
Knew all the time that they came out
Wish I could have them disallowed
Everybody knows that
We say things we do not mean
Everybody knows that
We say things that are unclean
Trust I'll try to learn again
My words are seldom for a friend
Run conversations in my head
Write my own scripts to dish the dread
And if I speak out loud
I will have to change the rules
For speaking out of bounds
If it's practised by a fool
Trust I'll try to learn again
My words are seldom for a friend
So lend me an ear to lean upon
To speak to and learn my speaking from