Actually I cannot point out what makes a song tick with me. Like with the Beatles' 'Yesterday', I like it but I don't understand why. I mean objectively it's a song about longing for a happier past, which is ... kind of ... lowly(Don't take this the wrong way, I feel there is some magic in the song but I can't explain it)? Like the right thing to do may be to move on right? So isn't it kind of... giving a message that it is ok to hang onto the past? But there are also songs about moving on like 'Let it go' from Frozen, which is sung in a situation when the character absolutely should not be moving on! But I still like the song. It feels like these songs don't capture the whole truth and I am finding it difficult to explain exactly what is the difference between them and absolutely lowly songs that only talk about sex, money, etc... that make me like them. If I were to make a song, I would want to give people the truth, or rather the peace or fulfillment that they want, but I also find that whatever I put into that song will be inadequate in doing so... How do you set standards for your songs in such situations, knowing all you can throw out there is incomplete and imperfect?
if you ever figure out what is 'right' or 'good', then it would never cease. like, literally it would be just one note held down for the entire time. if that's the best note, then keep it on. if there were a 'best note', then why do we keep switching notes? so in that case, the only thing totally 'not-imperfect' would be total blankness without any disruption. but that's not what we like about music, it's not what we like about games, it's not what we like about 'taking a hike', it's not why we're alive. we are moving beings