Select one of the following topics, chosen from famed songs, to craft a reflective essay of between 500 and 600 words. Use the quote to recall a meaningful place or event in your life and through your writing, demonstrate how the lyrics speaks true to you.

Music soothing depression

Described as the universal language of mankind, music has the power to heal, to unite and to inspire. Lead singer of U2, Bono, poignantly captured the transcendent quality of music when he said: “Music can change the world because it can change people.”

Instructions: Select one of the following topics, chosen from famed songs, to craft a reflective essay of between 500 and 600 words. Use the quote to recall a meaningful place or event in your life and through your writing, demonstrate how the lyrics speaks true to you.

1. Supermarket Flowers- Ed Sheeran
2. Landslide- Fleetwood Mac
3. Paradise -Coldplay
4. Beautiful-Eminem
5. Sky is the Limit- Notorious B I G