i love that you can often listen to a song and in that time where the track begins with the instrumental introduction to the resounding finale of the song, there is something more always going on. i recently experienced this. i was listening to a song and all of a sudden, that song transported me back to my house in country place, me sitting on the plaid couch in the upstairs living room, and reeling about some ridiculousness i was undergoing. everything seemed to real in that darn length of that song.
what is it about a song that can penetrate the soul? is it its ability to surprise us. we go into putting iTunes on shuffle without the expectation that it might affect us. it is almost like getting sucker punched or kissed when you are expecting a hug. that shock is enough to cause us to catch our breath or to breath in that moment in it's entirety. it is a beautiful place to reside, even if for only 3 minutes and 56 seconds, or however long the song is.
i once heard that people who lose their minds and memory in old age, still for some reason retain their ability to remember songs. that's because it is not just a song, it is a piece of our history, our story, our journey to me.
i hope my soundtrack is kickin'.
- peaks out.
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