Me and the Melody

I did a post about a week ago on different scents and how they can trigger memories.

Today I want to talk about how music can have the same effect.

I am writing this while listening to "Carry On" by Fun. It's one of my favorite songs and I'm just gonna have it on repeat for the duration of my writing.

For example when I hear this song I think of last year when I was making the drive out to Notre Dame College twice a week. The album this song is on was in my car for a while (yes I still use CDs in my car).

Mumford and Sons has become my music to listen to when I want to calm down. I am reminded of nights spent cooking in Kent and many nights spent in hangouts last summer talking to the people of SAN.

As cliched as it is, "Wake Me Up When September Ends" by Green Day will always remind me of why I hate the month of September. That and "To Where You Are" by Josh Groban.

"Summer of '69" by Bryan Adams will always remind me of warm summer nights when I was little when Dad would play music while Karl and I ran around the yard catching fireflies.

"For Good" will forever turn me into a teary mess because it reminds me of my Little.

Each song I've ever loved, hated, or listened to on repeat has some sort of emotional connection to it....some sort of memory tied to it. Sometimes they bring back the feelings I had at the time I listened to them. Sometimes I can't listen to the song anymore because it brings back those very feelings.

For example, I will never be able to listen to "Every time" by Britney Spears ever again.T

But sometimes there's a song that I listened to during a difficult time in my life that I can listen to and feel better for having listened to it...and feel so proud of myself for seeing how far I've come since that song was a needed thing in my life.

"Carry On" is one of those songs.

Music has always been a release for me. It's a world I can escape into and just listen...just feel. No one around to look at me or judge me.

It's just me and the melody.

And sometimes that's just enough.