The song remembers when

One day, sitting alone and despondent on a wintry night, i was trying to inject some excitement in my life by trying to listen to new songs. After a series of "not good, forward to end" songs, i stumbled upon this song called "The song remembers when...". I dont want to post the entire lyrics here but to give you a glimpse...

I was standin' at the counter
I was waitin' for the change
When I heard that old familiar music start
It was like a lighted match
Had been tossed into my soul
It was like a dam had broken in my heart
After taking ev'ry detour
Gettin' lost and losin' track
So that even if I wantedI could not find my way back
After drivin' out the mem'ry
Of the way things might have been
After I'd forgotten all about us
The song remembers when....

The song remembers when...a phrase i had never heard before...never considered. But now it seems so true! I started looking around my folder and playing those long forgotten songs one by one. I realised I had forgotten what it was like to wake up to "Take my breath away" blasting from my comp alarm clock.Had forgotten that the last time i had played those four songs in a loop, i was biting my nails trying to resolve a misunderstanding with a dear friend. Had forgotten how it was being made to dance to American Pie in front of strangers while ragging was going on. Had forgotten how i used to love singing Malarndhu Malaradhu with my mom. Forgotten those long walks in the middle of the night humming "Starry Starry Night..".So many forgotten memories. All came forward one by one as if taking a bow again in front of the nostalgic audience when the right song played. Yes. The song remembers when. It was like being transported back in time. Suddenly i felt old. Tired. Corrupted. Bereft of the happy innocence that was me a few years ago. WHat had changed? Well, the whole world along with me. But then, those songs are still there. Though forgotten, they are still there in the folder "Misc". And the songs remember when...