My husband Jamie and I were watching the documentary Fleetwood Mac: Rumours, about the band Fleetwood Mac and the making of their Grammy-Award-winning, mega-hit album Rumours.

I was particularly interested in this documentary—first, because I love anything related to the creative process, and second, because I’d seen the hit musical Stereophonic, which is loosely based on this episode in the history of Fleetwood Mac.

At one point in the documentary, they discuss the origins of the song “Songbird” by Christine McVie. Now, when I heard the title, I had no idea what song that was, but as soon as I heard just a few seconds of the song, I recognized it instantly.

It’s the one that starts, “For you, there’ll be no more crying/For you, the sun will be shining/And I feel that when I’m with you/It’s all right, I know it’s right.”

I would love to play the song for you, but because of copyright issues, I can’t. But I encourage you to go listen to it right now!

Hearing the song reminded me of how much I love it, and I decided to look up the lyrics. And you know how it is, as I started my search, I saw a list of different links answering different proposed questions that other people had entered.

What caught my eye was a series of questions: “Is Songbird a happy or sad song?” “Is Songbird a wedding song or funeral song?” “Is the song Songbird suitable for a wedding reception?” “What are good funeral songs?”

And I thought—with a great artwork, its power often lies not in expressing a single emotion, but in speaking to various, and sometimes even seemingly opposite, human experiences.