Has this ever happened to you? You are driving along and flipping through the radio channels and a certain song comes on that stops you right in your tracks.... All of a sudden you are transported back to a certain time in your life and all at once you can remember what you are wearing, where you are, who your boyfriend was and how you were feeling at that moment. This is an amazing thing to me. I mean it is only a song but the memories that linger around it never fade.
This has happened to me twice lately. The first was quite comical and I shared it with the person that it involved although the second time it goes much deeper. For this time, it was not just one certain incident or experience that I remember but what seems like a period of a lifetime. It is funny how a song or a few songs by one band can be associated with a period of your life, but this is exactly what it does.
It brings me back to the good times, the bad times, the happy times and the sad times. It is a wonderful experience and I have spent the good part of the day back in that part of my life. I have relived all the fun moments and even the sad moments and realized that those moments make me who I am today. It makes me remember who I was at that time and how I have grown. How things have changed and yet how some things have stayed the same. It makes me remember certain things that I have forgotten about and brings back some that I wish that I had forgotten about.
How can a song do this? The artist has no idea what they do when they write these lyrics. Sometimes it doesn't even matter what the words are, it could be the dumbest song ever but if it is being played during a life changing moment in time you will always remember it, you will always associate it, you will always be "haunted" by it. I wonder in twenty years what song will make me relived a part of my life that I am going through now?
Enjoy your experiences through music!
Peace,
Christina
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