Needless to say I freakin' love music. I love listening to music and I played the violin for like 7 years, this is the first year I haven't played the violin since I was in 6th grade and it makes me sad when I think about it, it was a big part of my life and I loved it, it was my companion for the longest time.
But that's not what this post is about. For today I'm talking about the songs you used to listen to all the time for hours on end. The songs that perfectly described your heartbreak, your crush, your love for life or whatever it had been, the songs that described your life's predicaments. Those songs where you were like "wow this is me!"
And then life happens and things change and whether you want it or not, you change. You become a different you. It happens right, and then those songs you used to listen to all the time end up in the depths of your iPod or MP3 player, forgotten and you find new songs that fit the new you. And these new songs although you may love them now may be similar or completely opposite from what you used to listen to.
And then one day while your iPod is on shuffle or your radio starts playing one of your old favorite songs and then bam! Just like that you are transported back to those moments in your life when you would listen to these songs. And you remember exactly why you would listen to it for hours. And you remember why you fell in love with it and why it will always hold a special place in your heart. You remember who you used to be.
And at least for me after I listen to them I spend the rest of the day listening to them again and I just start to love it even more. Even if the song doesn't fit with who I am now I appreciate the fact that it was there for me when I was the person that listened to it.
The songs usually remind me of simpler times or even sad moments in my life, but that doesn't get me down, at all, why you ask? Because I can realize how I have grown, how I have changed, how that song helped me get through those moments, and it showed me how I came out on top.
I survived whatever I had been going through. I made it, and I changed (hopefully it was for the better). But those songs will always remind me of my past. I don't think it's a bad thing to think of your past and who you used to be, there's a difference between dwelling on it and remembering. I remember. And so this post is for those songs that I used to love and when I listen to them again I fall for them all over again. Romantic huh?
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