Thursday, May 10, 2012

Songs That Remind Me of............

A friend would tease me that I'm a "little monster" as I'm a fan of Lady Gaga's music. But I said not really, I'm not like those little err "fantards" that who would die for her or for some other artists. I just love music. Not just Gaga's, but a whole lot of 'em.


I love music. I can't imagine how my life would be without it. In every turn of events in my life, there would always be a corresponding song. At times when a day goes boring, I usually play my favorite playlist and sit back, kick my feet off the ground and fly, floating with the melodies that concur with the wind. My mind would usually glide to a euphoric bliss when a certain loved song play unexpectedly. And sometimes, they would bring me back to certain memoirs that I have consciously concealed for some time and with that either I would smile, or let a tear roll down my face. These top my list for memories-inducing melodies:




1. Journey by Leah Salonga. 


This song reminds me of my innocence. I had its lyrics written by my cousin on a certain notebook I used as "song hits" for I have once an awful penmanship. I hum this tune whenever I hop on my bike and thread the dusty calles from home to our then old plaza lined with calachuchis blooming fragrantly and filled with jolly voices of kids my age. Sigh. Turn back time moment. 




2. I Don't Want to Wait by Paula Cole.


 No, didn't watch Dawson's Creek nor City of Angels. I happen to "bumped" into this beautiful melody stricken song while I was going home after attending Misa de Gallo one foggy morning. The December breeze was so cool, and dew would kiss my cheeks with its sweet cool lips. Heavy flies hover over my head, buzzing around oblivious of everything around them, sifting through those foggy December mornings. I waited every morning in the hopes of hearing that song again. I would sit on top of our water tank parallel to our home and watch the beautiful morning sun as it strikes the lofty mountains from afar. I Don't Want to Wait is reminiscent of those cool,dew filled mornings that I will always love and would love to experience again. And whenever I feel nervous, especially when on stage prepping before a Declamation or Oratorical contest, I would sing this song out loud in my head. 


3. Everybody Here Wants You by Jeff Buckley. 




RIP Jeff Buckley, it's a pain your life was short lived but thanks thee for leaving some amazing songs. Anyway, it's a fact that we have puny crushes at one point in our lives and they are sometimes literally out of our league. Or that some things are just "couldn't be". Everybody Here Wants You sing my heart's desire of wanting my crush near, but it just couldn't be because crush is so popular and "wanted" by everybody. So there I was, sulking in one corner, just being happy with all those small hours I am with my crush :D


4. Beauty and Madness by Fra Lippo Lippi. 


Dark were the nights when I was alone. There I was inside my room back in college, with lights turned off, with only my trusted cd player doing its thing. The harmony is so moving that the darkness of the room became part of me. It's not becoming vile, but becoming with one with the stillness of the space surrounding me. As I close my eyes, I would picture myself sweeping the night on my bike with the light of the moon, through the grassy meadows all the way to the wind struck cliff wallowed by the sound of the waves.


5. Born to Die by Lana del Rey. 


I'm a confessed smoke addict now. I found satisfaction on every bitter cool taste it leaves my lips. And those small moments I spend settled on the bamboo bench underneath a mango tree every night give me a relief from every unnecessary adversity I've given myself. No other voice best accompanies my jolt moments but Lana del Rey. Her Born to Die rendition seeps through my soul that I'm enthralled of sinking to the deep feeling it gives me. And once it's over, snap!, I am back to reality.








6. Too Young by Jack Wagner. 


Surplus Sm City Iloilo in 2004. They were playing some classics back then. I was with you looking around when this song played. You looked at me and said you love that song and asked about its title. I had no idea then, but it was familiar I said. After things were over with us that I looked it up and found it. That's the short story of this song, short but always held dear.




7. Need You Now by Lady Antebellum.


 Who wouldn't love its "true to real life" lyrics? "It's a quarter after one and I'm a little drunk and I need you now." This song seems to sing the melody of my heart, most especially when we were away from each other at some point. Digging deeper into that past, the harmonious unity of the notes bring me to the time I was cruising towards a place I barely know (see blog entry below) and a certain point you left me behind and was so wasted the following days. "I'm a little drunk and I need you now".






and finally.. 




8. Hands to Heaven by Breathe. 


The bright moonlight would strike my empty room. I would sit in one corner, bend my knees and curl my arms around them. The moon would always drive me crazy whenever I look at it. With the accompaniment of the song, I would descend to the instances I spent with someone I once adored so much... Holding hands, pacing through the alley while basked in moonlight, cozily hugging each other until the sun rises in the morning and we would bid farewell, hoping for another chance, another day, another night under the moon.








Tear jerking...smile inducing... These are just one of those soul pieces that strung my heart. I have outlived the feelings I had with those songs, but the memories they bring would always stop me and make me remember. 


So, how about your own songs of your life? :)

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