"No One Could Have Scripted This"

Earlier today I realized that very rarely do any of us hear the same song. We all interpret lyrics differently. The one who actually wrote the lyrics that we obsess over and memorize and tuck away in the back of our minds, might not have intended for the music to speak to you in the way that it has. Fast Car, Tracy Chapman. The song you're listening to could be about something you never thought possible. Jumper, Third Eye Blind. Or the song that you've been listening to for years may just be starting to make sense. Over My Head, The Fray. So now I'm sitting here like some middle-aged romance novelist with my large coffee at close to midnight, trying to explain to you what's been on my mind for the past four hours. Two people could listen to the same song and hear the most different of stories. I'm Ready, Jack's Mannequin. He doesn't want to drown and stop living. He wants to drown in her and never be saved. He's ready to fall into her aura and stay there. Other songs are so relatable, it's insan-... it's ridiculous. :). Happy, Nevershoutnever!. Then there are songs whose lyrics mean close to the same thing to everyone who hears them, just some more intensely than others. Collide, Howie Day. Also, the songs that I wish I could relate to but are too sentimental to the original musician for me to fully understand. Moon River, Audrey Hepburn. Finally, the songs that you love with all your heart and you keep telling them to listen to and they do but they don't get what you're trying to say by telling them to listen to it and they're just like: Oh, that song's crap. but there will always be a part of you that wants them to open they're eyes (ears) and LISTEN to the song. Fire, Augustana. Interpretation is what builds your personal playlist. Music is how people speak to each other. It's how one person speaks to the world, to us. They give us their music and grant us with the freedom to interpret it how we choose, and there is no freedom equivalent to that. Food Chain, Eric Hutchinson.