NLP As It Applies To Love Songs

What is NLP? I don’t really know yet, but I’m starting to get a much clearer feeling.For the past few weeks I have been listening to Matt Nathanson’s Come On Get Higher, a lot.

His choice of language is fantastic! It creates a good visual, verbal/auditory, gustatory and kinesthetic experience which combine inside ones perception to create a feeling of something very special. For me, the combination is the feeling of being in love, being overtaken by desire and lust, being consumed by the essence of another in a way that renders everything that isn’t them less that invisible, just simply out of existence.The synesthesia is outlandish and captivating – “violent” “perfect words” is a mixing of auditory and kinesthetic, “sparks on your tongue” is a mixing of gustatory and kinesthetic.

He’s violating conventional language use by getting the listener to feel something that normally requires logical interpretation to transform into feelings; thereby bypassing a level of consciousness that interferes with ones understanding / meaning of the words. He controls the listener by forcing them to set aside their experiences and feel what he wants you to see, here and taste.

The lyrics are below. This is a natural anchoring song. It’s a song to match with that special person in your life and allow your unconsciousness/subconscious brain to process and create the beautiful experiences that falling in love moves us to.

I miss the sound of your voice
And I miss the rush of your skin
And I miss the still of the silence
As you breathe out and I breathe in

If I could walk on water
If I could tell you what’s next
I’d make you believe
I’d make you forget

[Chorus]
So come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire and the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard
And drown me in love
So come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire and the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard
And drown me in love

I miss the sound of your voice
Loudest thing in my head
And I ache to remember
All the violent, sweet
Perfect words that you said

If I could walk on water
If I could tell you what’s next
I’d make you believe
I’d make you forget

[Chorus]

I miss the pull of your heart
I taste the sparks on your tongue
I see angels and devils
And God, when you come on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on

Sing sha la la la
Sing sha la la la la

Ooh Ooh Ooh

[Chorus]

It’s all wrong, it’s all wrong
It’s all wrong, it’s so right
So come on, get higher
So come on and get higher
‘Cause everything works, love
Everything works in your arms

Matt Nathanson