It's when you have that time alone to yourself, when you hands are on auto-pilot shovelling food into your pie-hole, that you really get to think deep thoughts.
Like how the guy sitting in front of you is putting his butt-crack up on a hairy display for all to see, free-of-charge.
Or how that baby boy sitting two tables across from you has the chubbiest cheeks you've ever seen that you'd want nothing more than to gnaw 'em right off.
Not the two best examples, I know.
Inspiration comes to me at 1 in the morning in sputtering bursts , like exhaust from a derelict jalopy.
But I digress.
So I was at Tang Tea House at Simpang Bedok today, contemplating the meaning of life itself (read Figuring Out Lunch Plans For Tomorrow).
Then somehow, my train of thought led me to this pseudo-epiphany:
Our music playlists mirror our life experiences, if not life itself.
DUN DUN DUN.
Think about it.
Remember when you started that playlist, way back when you were a young'un getting a hold of your first mp3 track?
You could tell; this was gonna be a start of whole new adventure.
So as you row, row, row your boat down the river of life, you hoard as well songs that seemed to speak to you,
Songs that seemed to echo your feelings;
Your very soul.
Then came along those bumps in your road;
Raging whirlpools of doom threatening to drown your very being;
Frightening thunderclouds poised to strike at any second.
They changed the course of your little raft, making it head down paths never before encountered - like listening songs that suited what you felt, songs that you think could make that pain go away.
Those songs - like your experiences - became a part of you too.
Over time, these raging waves ebbed, but not before leaving weathered scars on your travel-weary dingy. These scars - songs of angst and rage and resentment - they serve to remind you of mistakes past, and lessons learnt. You're a changed man, and those scars; they're a part of you now, part of your eternal playlist, and have made you into what you are now.
So you see, music isn't JUST music.
Not to me at least.
It's what I was, what I am, and what I want myself to be.
"Whoa, that's deep, dude." "Totally."
