If you read this blog before then you know I love Coldplay. Although many of their songs resonate with my particular mood swings, one has stayed with me despite either high or low elevations in my temperament . “Yellow” is my favorite Coldpay song.
Why?
Well, a big part is the opening lyric, “Look at the stars, Look how they shine for you, And everything you do…” In my opinion, some of the most poetic lyrics in music. I use to contemplate what these lyrics meant to me. Rarely, do I think about what the artists’ inspiration or mood was when writing anything. I know better. Rather, I take the responsibility of relating the music to my world, therefore, I’ll always remember a time in my life with vivid detail and also the music becomes part of me.
“Yellow” fell upon my ears during a time when I was searching for my purpose in life. Please don’t confuse the word “purpose” for a higher purpose. I just wanted some kind of direction. I was lost. Because I wasn’t in a relationship at the time the memory is mine. I don’t have to share it with anyone else.
I associate past relationships with popular songs of the day. Every relationship I had came with a theme song. I never told the person whom I was with about their “song,” but they have one. Even today when I hear “Satellite” by Dave Matthews Band it reminds of someone in particular. I only remember the good stuff when I hear it.
Recently, I associated “Yellow” with my present relationship. For some reason I can’t explain a song that was released nearly 10 years ago, a song that until recently belonged to me now belongs to someone else. I meditated on this current conundrum.
My rationalization came up with something I was either thinking or searching for, something I’ve seemingly found today. At first, I was skeptical regarding my theory. How could I find something with someone a decade later? A decade that encompassed me getting married, having two children, divorcing, changing careers three times and moving nearly a half dozen times?
It not only seems unlikely, but impossible. I couldn’t come up with anything else. It has to be it. As I write this post I can’t help but, smirk at the past decade – it was all worth it!
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I am mesmorized by the lyrics and they way the band chose to play the song: ‘Yellow’.
I especially like the words, “I drew a line, I drew a line for you..”
M.