Each song is like a magnet, drawing me in with it's force

First I'm hooked on the catchy tune, like a fish to the bait.

When I peel off the layers, I relate the lyrics to my own life; my experiences, my emotions.

Every time I listen, it's like looking through a photo album - the lyrics bring back events in my life and evoke memories and feelings of the past.

It becomes like an addiction, every waking moment is spent listening to or singing that same song.

Then I grow tired of hearing it, hearing the tune over and over in my head, like a broken record.

I try to forget it, like a bad day - I toss it aside, like a child discards a teddy bear when they are given a newer, more exciting toy.

Like a person abandons their other half in a tired relationship, as soon as something seemingly better comes along.

And I look to something different, cast my eyes on to greener pastures - a new band, a new song, new ideas.

Only to dredge up the old ones later and remind myself of the time of my life in which I listened to that song - like digging up a time capsule full of mementos remeniscent of a different chapter of my life.

**~aLi~**