That sounds lighthearted, but there's a profound truth behind it, because it implies that you don't need to be totally identified with your mental positions".
But even the long-running battle of the sexes sounds lighthearted.
In a relaxed conversation that let the drawl of her Missouri childhood emerge now and then, she spoke about shifting expectations, about thinking as a parent and about how songs with serious intentions can still sound lighthearted.
Still, you listen to the onetime doubters in "Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants," the irresistibly feel-good VH1 documentary (debuting tonight) that marks the 10th anniversary of the Nickelodeon phenomenon that is "SpongeBob," and it sounds as if the Charge of the Lighthearted Brigade was the unlikeliest of cultural victories.
Almost reluctantly, YG performed a bit of his lighthearted 2010 hit "Toot It and Boot It," which sounds younger than his rougher new material, and also, by comparison, melodically ornate.
But it's the Neptunes' touch -- an activated minimalism -- that makes them all sound lighthearted.
Others sounded more lighthearted and almost seemed to be laughing.
His playful delivery made him sound more lighthearted than he felt: his best friend had recently been murdered.
Since you've established that your essay is lighthearted and playful, it would sound somewhat bizarre to continue with, for instance: "By experiencing both city life in the capital of San Jose and rural life in the jungles of Tortuguero, I changed as a person during my trip".
In comparison, the Mets' season sounds like a lighthearted romantic comedy.
One of the album's first songs is "Run 2 U," in which Jewel sounds exactly as lighthearted as she means to.
