This is a MIDI file M etaphor is one of the most powerful devices of the human mind. We liken our experience to other experiences in order to apprehend them. Through metaphor we are able to understand highly abstract processes that would be unattainable without it. One might get confused to think that songs are stories, but they are not.
Songs are music that is arranged like a story.
Things aren't the way they seem sometimes, and that's something we will go into later. For now, however, just understand that the model in our head for interpreting the phenomena of music is the same model we use to understand a story. Therefore, anyone who wants to write a great piece of music should think of the process of writing and telling a great story. Think of the basic underlying structure. The sounds start, go on a bit, then end.