By: Olivia Baratta ’16 | Online Editor-In-Chief
Think about the very first time you listened to your favorite song. For obvious reasons, you did not know it would be your favorite­­ you had never heard it before. It was new and it was different. It was exciting, it was cool and it was fun, however, you didn’t really know what was going on. Nevertheless, you found yourself enjoying it.
After you listened to the song a bit more, you became more attuned to its structure. You found yourself starting to get a handle on the lyrics and the beat and maybe even caught yourself quietly humming along.
As you became even more familiar with the song, your confidence was magnified. Its nuances appeared more clear to you, and you began to learn more and more about the artist. You yearned to sing it with power because deep down you knew you could.
Now, the song has been in your ‘most played’ list for months. The song is just about to get old, but currently it is the best it has ever been. You belt it, and in the moment you feel alive. It’s the fall of your senior year.
Winter rolls around, stress creeps in and you’ve stopped listening to your favorite song. You’ve forgotten what it’s like to be excited, to experience something new. You’ve forgotten what that song was all about and most importantly you’ve let go of the fact that it changed you. You’re so eager to forget the song that you’ve been missing out on moments filled with the beautiful beat and intoxicating rhythm you once let yourself love.
It’s May of your senior year and you’ve begun to realize that you’ve only been given so much time to revel in that song. You realize that you will never be able to listen to that song for the first time again. That song was the soundtrack of a once and a lifetime experience that you don’t get to start over. You realize that a long time ago, you became desensitized to the song andforgot all of the wonderful pieces that made it what it was.The way you felt the first time you listened to it has long since left your memory and you let your stresses cloud your love for everything the song represents.
Recently you’ve realized that you can’t stop the song from fading, but the Greatest Composer of all time has a new record prepared for you, and He won’t let your heart forget your once favorite song.