Song Memories

[Corleone]

Do you have a song that reminds you of an important Memory?

Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting

A song my dad bought the family while he was in California when his company was on strike, forcing him to move out there. I was really young at the time, and having to drop him off at the airport with my mom was very sad. I knew he would be back, but I had never been away from my dad for more than a couple days. A few months was devastating to me; however, he is back now and we love him still.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

In The Arms Of an Angel - Sarah McLaughlin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVbkz_3lO3c



Reminds me of my mom.. RIP

Brings me to tears every time I hear it.

 

[Kaczynski]

Re-Education (Through Labor) by Rise Against.

The most potent memory with that song was me jumping up and down on the couch at age 14 and 7 months, at 5 in the morning, air guitaring and watching the sun bleed into the sky as it rose. And then balancing on the glass table, Lion King style. And the room was sort of inky blue, but the couch was white, so it glowed in an ethereal way. It changed so fast, I watched it change. And dappled with purple and pink and a tint of orange, and then at 7 AM there was cacophonous noise and hissing as my grandmother came downstairs.



So I pretended to sleep, so that I didn't have to go to school. I did fall asleep, because I was exhausted, and back then, and even now, that was the only way I could sleep. I would stay awake for days until I finally dropped off. That way no one could ever wake me up when they tried. Then in came the psychologists and the medication increase with my psychiatrist and the interviews with the school counsellor and the middle school coordinator, and after that I couldn't stay up all night anymore.



But I still raged in my room listening to Rise Against and playing Guitar Hero, because that's how I found the song. Sometimes at night, I would go outside in the rain and get rained on, and then blow myself dry with a fan, so that I could catch a cold. But it didn't work, because I got used to it. Still, it was nice getting soaked. And if it was a clear night then I would look at the stars, and there came a point where I recognised the same stars and I would wish upon stars but I would never say anything specific, just 'I wish everything would be alright.'



There are a few more that I can think of, but if there was ever a song that brought back a torrent of 14 year old teenage angst and self pity, it'd be that. I almost feel guilty, tainting it like that. Oh well, other songs share the load.+

 

[perfecttragedy]

Rockstar by Nickelback reminds me of my best friend who killed himself

in May of 2007, everytime I hear it I think of him.

Though I don't cry about it anymore really, I just think of the good times we used to have.

I do cry about him sometimes, but I don't cry as often anymore.

I've accepted the fact that he's not coming back and that I can't do anything about it.

As much as I wish I could, I've come to realize that there's absoloutly nothing and of my friends

and I could've done.

 

[Skillet]

Iris - Goo Goo Dolls. It reminds me of how much I once cared for my last ex. It's a beautiful song.