Some songs, you listen to them not because you like them, but because of the memory associated with them.
Gone, Gone, Gone- By Phillip Phillips
Do you remember the time before Saavn, Spotify or Gaana hit your app stores? Perhaps even before many of you owned a smart phone, there was (and probably still is) a platform where users created their own free playlists, and everyone around the world could listen to the songs on web. It was called 8tracks.com
I had not known of it until my crush told me of the platform. And then, like any lovestruck girl would do, I delightfully visited the website and soon got hooked to it. I'd listen to multiple playlists all night and discover brilliant songs. I'd make it a point to tell him of all my favourite songs, and so would he. He would suggest me playlists and I would listen to them, blushing all through, thinking of him every time I came across a romantic song.
And that is how he and I discovered this song. The first thought I had when I learnt of the artist was that he had a funny little name, with his name and surname being almost identical. Then with a quick google search I learnt that he was the winner of American Idol, which I obviously never followed. And then, I listened to the song. Phillip Phillips' voice became my habit.
'For you, for you
You would never sleep alone
I love you long after you're gone
And long after you're gone, gone, gone'
I'd imagine him singing this song to me, meaning every word of it. I'd imagine my crush dedicating this song to me on stage, with a guitar on his hand. I'd imagine listening to his heart beating like a drum, him never moving on and the both of being in love, always and forever.
Soon, in my head, it became 'Our Song'. It was the song that was to be played in the stereo of our car, it was the song we both were to listen to every night before going to bed, it was the song that we were both supposed to dance on, on the day of our wedding.
Evidently, none of it ever happened. We both moved on, and eventually, he was a crush no more. And yet, somehow, everytime I accidentally stumble upon this song, every emotion I had felt during those tumultuous days of love returns and occupies my heart for a solid 3 minute and 29 seconds. It all comes back, the passion I had felt towards him, the pain I had felt because of him and the incessant desire to be close to him, no matter what.
And everytime this song plays around me, I realise that love could only be buried but never truly erased and memories are like those already read, dusty books in your library that you accidentally pick up to read while searching for unread books.
Gone, Gone, Gone- By Phillip Phillips
Do you remember the time before Saavn, Spotify or Gaana hit your app stores? Perhaps even before many of you owned a smart phone, there was (and probably still is) a platform where users created their own free playlists, and everyone around the world could listen to the songs on web. It was called 8tracks.com
I had not known of it until my crush told me of the platform. And then, like any lovestruck girl would do, I delightfully visited the website and soon got hooked to it. I'd listen to multiple playlists all night and discover brilliant songs. I'd make it a point to tell him of all my favourite songs, and so would he. He would suggest me playlists and I would listen to them, blushing all through, thinking of him every time I came across a romantic song.
And that is how he and I discovered this song. The first thought I had when I learnt of the artist was that he had a funny little name, with his name and surname being almost identical. Then with a quick google search I learnt that he was the winner of American Idol, which I obviously never followed. And then, I listened to the song. Phillip Phillips' voice became my habit.
'For you, for you
You would never sleep alone
I love you long after you're gone
And long after you're gone, gone, gone'
I'd imagine him singing this song to me, meaning every word of it. I'd imagine my crush dedicating this song to me on stage, with a guitar on his hand. I'd imagine listening to his heart beating like a drum, him never moving on and the both of being in love, always and forever.
Soon, in my head, it became 'Our Song'. It was the song that was to be played in the stereo of our car, it was the song we both were to listen to every night before going to bed, it was the song that we were both supposed to dance on, on the day of our wedding.
Evidently, none of it ever happened. We both moved on, and eventually, he was a crush no more. And yet, somehow, everytime I accidentally stumble upon this song, every emotion I had felt during those tumultuous days of love returns and occupies my heart for a solid 3 minute and 29 seconds. It all comes back, the passion I had felt towards him, the pain I had felt because of him and the incessant desire to be close to him, no matter what.
And everytime this song plays around me, I realise that love could only be buried but never truly erased and memories are like those already read, dusty books in your library that you accidentally pick up to read while searching for unread books.
~Listen to this song here.
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