This one is a tough one, because a lot of songs remind me of a lot of people. So, really, this is an easy one, I guess.
I'm not entirely sure why this song in particular came to mind for this challenge, but it has a universal feel about it, so I guess everyone can relate, if you've heard the song:
"Home" by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros.
Last summer, my girlfriend at the time got us tickets to a Jack Johnson concert for my birthday. It was great, and I remember being really excited about it. But somehow, the show was really a disappointment. I just wasn't feeling it, and I felt bad that she had gone through all this trouble to get the tickets and get us to the concert.
But during the long wait to get out of the parking lot, this song came on her iPod and somehow made the whole night worth it. I had only heard the song in passing before then, but as we sat in her car at 1 o'clock in the morning, waiting for the lines of traffic to clear out, we were holding hands and listening to this song, smiling from the very middle of ourselves. It was young love, and these hipster musicians had captured all the cavity-inducing sweetness in five minutes. Complete with whistling.
The lyrics are so simple, they should be stupid, but they really work in this song. There's not a single negative thing to be said by either party in this duet. And maybe it's the fact that these two people are singing these lines to each other that makes it seem so plausible.
I know a lot of couples play this song because it "like, y'know, so speaks to, like, who we are, as a couple." This song encapsulates that stupid, boundary-less summer love that we all have. No regrets, no second thoughts. It's the absolute best of times, with no concern as to when these "worst of times" will start to appear.
Anyways, this song makes me think of my ex-girlfriend. We played this song probably five times on the roadtrip back to my house that night. And I've been whistling the tune ever since.
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