“Something like the voice ofa mystical and almost maenadic soul which stammers in a strange tongue, with great difficulty and capriciously, almost as if undecided whether to communicate or conceal itsel£ It ought to have sung, this 'new soul', and not talked! What a pity it is that I did not dare to say what I had to say at that time as a poet; perhaps I could have done it!
-Friedrich Nietzsche, “The Birth of Tragedy” (pg. 6)
What this song symbolizes is that some messages are best expressed when set to music or in a song. Music often makes a difficult message more palatable. When Nietzsche believe he should have had the courage to sing his message may have meant that he felt it would have been better received.
Miguel Palmer
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