Monday, July 31, 2006

is it you?

"I found i'm scared to know i'm always on your mind..."
- Collide, Howie Day

What makes you like a song?
What makes you obsess about it till your ears bleed from listening to it over and over?

What makes a song, you?

when you find yourself requesting for it from a local radio station even after hearing it a few minutes ago...you must more than like it...

It must play a role in your life...or your day at least...

when you start playing it on repeat in your car...

when you find yourself humming it wherever you go...
when you look for tabs or chords so you can play it
using the instrument of your choice...
then you must already be hooked...

but it's one thing to like a song and yet another to live it...
and that song must be worth your time...
no matter how simple,
no matter how complicated...
it speaks to you...
and you believe it...

I like quoting lines off poems, books, movies and yes, songs...
they speak little truths...
i write them down...
i collect them...
so i don't miss a thing...

you will almost always know when a line speaks to you...
when it speaks you...

ah yes...
it moves you...

and the authors of these lyrics just become amazing to you...
every word they write make you wonder about the pain,
the tribulations they went through...
if at all they were writing out of experience...

and to turn it into a song...
with a musical arrangement that captures you...

simply genius.

a lot of the local stuff completely wow me too...

i like the ones that tell stories...
stories about you...and me.

i savor every note every single time...
i bask in every chorus...
i anticipate every refrain...

i like simple words put together,
making a smooth undeniable conflict...
unheard of, yet so true...

the line i quoted from Howie Day's Collide
was something you'd never thought you'd realize...
but it happens...
it's a little truth that he brings to your attention every time you listen to his song...

and if the song you are liking right now
doesn't have that element of helping you find you...

then maybe you should start asking yourself...

"is it you?"

2 Comments:

Blogger Skunky said...

what a nice way of putting it! simply wonderful and so true... :)

Friday, September 22, 2006 5:43:00 PM  
Blogger kelly said...

thankies bootcheetow! :) hee hee :)

Friday, September 22, 2006 8:28:00 PM  

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