Night of Wednesday the 28th.
Were still driving through the mountains on our way down to sacramento. We just stopped for gas and I ended my turn of driving. While I was driving I was thinking about how many different things a song can do for a person. The right song can put you to bed or wake you up when youre tired. It can make you happy or sad. Bring back good memories or bad memories you wish it hadn’t. A good song can excite you or make you somber. It can make you think, or let you forget about everything and just sing along. A really good song can pretty much do anything. For me there are a couple of songs like this.
First there’s Konstantine, one of my favorite songs ever. It always makes me think of a girl I used to date for a little while. But it never makes me think of how it ended or any of the bad things; it just makes me think of all the times we were happy and having good times together. The song makes me reminisce and mostly just makes me happy.
Theres pretty much anything by Kings of Leon but mostly Revelry and True Love Way. Theyre both fun songs. Really good songs. Shes a fun girl. A really great girl with way too much pull on me. These songs make my thoughts heavy, bittersweet. Nice to have them at all but wish I could hear more of them I guess. Metaphor make sense? Yep lets hope so.
Then there’s anything by Jack’s Mannequin which just makes me immediately happy and playful. Mostly these songs remind me of times spent with good friends doing fun stuff and being dumb. Reminds me of an ultimate tournament we made a dumb video at. Reminds me of signing the lease for our house. Most times I have been listening to jacks in my life have been good times.
1000 times a day by The Early November for some reason makes me feel hopeful. The story behind the song goes that this couple dated for a while before breaking up and not talking for a long time then got back together and got married at the end of the song. I guess it’s the happy ending that makes me hopeful that ill have a happy ending also.
There’s a ton of songs that just make me feel goofy and like dancing or being stupid. It wasn’t me by shaggy comes to mind right away.
Seventy times seven reminds me of some stuff ive done and been through on both sides.
The point is a good song can completely change your mood/outlook/attitude. Moments in my life are marked by the songs I was listening to while I was living the moments. Right now, life is incredible and im listening to a lot of Third Eye Blind. So im sure ill always have good feelings when I hear them from now on. Suppose that whole conditioning thing we learn about in psychology might hold some weight.
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