Soundtracks

Every movie today has a soundtrack.  These songs are played throughout the movie to enhance the way you feel about the situation. The musical melody and the heartfelt words playing durring a love scene, the thump of the base during a dance scene, or the rock tunes played during battles. Not only does this music bring more ‘life’ to the scene but also pulls you in. You can remember the first time you heard that song, or it will take you back to your first love, first fight, first concert, first anything….this list can keep going but I think you get my point.

Just like the movies, there is a soundtrack to our own lives. Music written by someone else who’s been in a very similar place in life to you right now. As alone as you think you are – you’re not. There have been many breakups that rip your heart into pieces. Heck that’s how Taylor Swift has been so successful. She can write exactly what you feel at that point. As where Edwin McCain can take you back to a high school love and slow dancing in the living room. Some Linkin Park for those “I don’t give f***” moments. With so many others for the in between moments. It really doesn’t matter the genre, just the lyrics and how they make you feel.

It could be an Avril song that makes you realize he doesn’t wish you were here, just her. Or a Shania Twain song to help you feel strong as a woman and a single mom. That you have the strength to make it through. When you don’t know how to say how you’re feeling and that Bruno Mars song comes on and you laugh because it says it all.

Way back when mix tapes were a thing, we would make them for our friends so they can experience the same love for the music you love. We would make them for our boyfriends/girlfriends to help us say what we are feeling. We would make them for ourselves for the different times of life, breakups, dance parties, love, hope, and more. We still do this kind of thing with playlists. A list for working out is probably the most popular. Music to pump you up, Rocky style. Breakup lists still being next in line. Alanis Morissette still has one of the best break up albums of all time, Jagged Little Pill. Can you believe a whole album made with such passion, rage, and heart as this one? I remember when my best friend introduced me to her music. Sitting in her parents room on the floor watching videos on MTV.  I was instantly amazed by how raw she could be. I wasn’t old enough to really understand the lyrics, but I could feel the emotion. Isn’t it ironic? To this day her music is brought up to me by the people in my life. I can now understand the lyrics and still feel the same raw emotion as I did as a child, no matter how many times I hear it.

It’s when you find that one song that fits where you are in life and you just keep it in repeat to help get you through.  Or to just keep you dancing and feeling joy. Music fills your heart and soul the same as emotions. It speaks to us like no one can, and helps us through life, the good and bad.