It always amazes me how deeply songs reach and for how long. I haven't heard this song in a VERY long time, but I heard it the other day and I immediatey was transported MANY years back. This song, at the time it was popular, was particularly deep reaching for me. When I heard it the other day, it was like being sucked back in time. The intensity of emotions that it triggered was...unexpected. I forgot that I knew every word, every note. Obviously I am passed what was going on in my life all those years ago, but it was interesting how the sting hit me the minute I heard the first few notes of the song. Music is incredibly deep reaching for me, if I attach it to my emotions for whatever reason, like I did with this song, the song can never remain the same. It goes deep, really deep. Like my heart.
(I still love the song...its is painfully beautiful.)
Monday, January 14, 2008
Foolish Games
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I had never heard that before.
Even at my age, certain feelings, long past, are attached to a song in the past. Why? I don't know, but the "feelings" are as remembered as the words and the melody. What we experience in life, if it is deep with emotion, can be triggered by a number of things; songs, places, words, even smells. sometimes good, sometimes not.
I know what you mean about music.
It's a reminder to me that I'm not alone. If someone created an entire song about exactly what I'm feeling, then I'm not the only one feeling it. Why do we distance ourselves so much from others? Everyone is probably feeling the same kinds of things.
It's like when my pastor preaches on something that speaks to exactly what has been on my mind. I'm always amazed first - how did he know? Later comes the realization that I'm not alone.
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