Songs of memory

For some strange reason, I keep remembering this song:

Halaga
Parokya ni Edgar

Umiiyak ka na naman, langya talaga wala ka bang ibang alam; namumugtong mga mata, kailan pa ba kaya ikaw mag sasawa.. sa pag tiyaga mo dyan sa bf mong tanga na wala nang ginawa kundi ang paluhain ka..

Sa libu-libung pagkakataon na tayo'y magkasama, iilang ulit pa lang kitang nakitang masaya naiinis akong isipin na ginaganyan ka niya. Siguro ay hindi niya lang alam ang
iyong tunay na halaga......

Minsan hindi ko maintindihan, parang ang buhay natin ay napagtitripan. Medyo malabo yata ang mundo.. binabasura ng iba ang siyang pinapangarap ko..

There's something about the sentiment of the song that resonates with my soul. I'm not saying that there's a real-life counterpart to it that I know. It's just that.. anyway, music and songs have a unique way of transporting us to places we've been to, feelings we've felt, experiences we've encountered, even if all those happened lifetimes ago. There's something in music, maybe the wavelength or wave patterns, that match harmoniously with those of certain memories. The result - we are instantly transported to that time, that place, that event. And it doesn't help that some songs are so frustratingly easy to get LSS at..

For me, I've got quite a collection of songs that hold particular meaning. Not in the sense that I can tell what they are when asked, but more of the type that triggers memories. Unfortunately, a large amount are not very fond memories.. but I do like to listen to those songs now and then, even if it's just to re-live the brief happiness before the day turned into night and the darkness swallowed my hopes. And in that one moment when I remember being happy before happiness was torn out from under me, I feel alive again. That I'm still here now stands as testiment to how I had survived those ordeals. They won't be forgotten, not as long as music plays in my heart and mind.

We are only people, you and I. But we are also human.