A/N : Rant alert ;)
I'd admit, I rarely get this feeling when I reread a book, but almost always when I happen to listen to a song that I last heard ages back. It's something I can't explain.
And also, do you too have any such memories tied to songs?
Share your stories(and your songs!
Songs often remind me of days gone by.
There's one that I loved back in April when I was still trying to come to terms with all that had been happening and found a release in drawing;
the ones that I liked last year when I was poring over my projects in the June air;
another that I heard with headphones on as I filled those notebooks;
the lines I was absent-mindedly humming repeatedly when I realized me and my friends were inching towards a fight;
the song I heard on repeat while lying on the ground and staring at the clouds after I gave my first board exam;
the one that would be probably the first English song I liked as a middle school kid, and heard it just cause it was popular, and how I was otherwise blissfully ignorant of English songs and artists;
the tune that once set my mood right after a horrible day and the line I remember made me smile;
the one in which I always search for hidden meanings because of the person who told me to listen to it;
the first song that I heard of who was gonna become my favorite singer, and how it was my aunt who made me listen to it the first time when I was a kid;
those songs that had those damn relatable lines that I couldn't help scream them over again;
how the first time I heard about another good singer was when my friends were debating over his gender;
the one that I streamed out of curiosity but ended up as an inspirational favourite;
the one I sang with someone in mind who later proved to be a mistake;
suggestive steamy lyrics that weren't exactly appropriate but I couldn't help singing along to it;
the song I played on repeat on my trip, partially cause I didn't have many downloaded;
one that I liked back in 8th grade when I knew so much less of the world;
another that I started liking cause my mother did, and it reminds me of sitting on the terrace in February afternoons gearing up for the exams. The list might go on and on.
Songs have this aura about them. Like they will forever be etched in the time I first listened to them, or when I started loving them, or a person they are connected with. They bring back small memories, maybe the dress I wore to that party, or how I was scared and apprehensive and unsure those times, the vibes my surroundings gave, the thoughts I had - inconsequential, but heartwarming.
They take you back to yourself.
YOU ARE READING
--Bridges--
PoetryOne of the favourite lessons reading books has taught me is that you're never alone, not alteast in thoughts and words. There are others who think like you, feel like you and react like you. It's like that sometimes, our unspoken thoughts are the b...
