Saturday, February 7, 2009

Doesn't Remind Me

I mentioned to a friend last night that having your life hanging in a limbo with a lot of free time on your hand is a dangerous cocktail. If anything, it causes you to want to forget (if not write blog posts at a prolific rate) a few things. Memory has never been my friend. I have a very good memory and it hasn't served me well many times in the past. Random things fly, and random things stick, often indefinitely.
So, in the current spell of wanting to forget, I came across this song by Audioslave (surprise surprise) called Doesn't Remind Me. It flew, and it stuck. The song itself was written by Cornell as a depiction of a rough childhood and how just wanted to do things to forget those rough days.
The video for the song adds a new dimension to the song. It depicts a young child who loses his father in a war, and then just wants to do things that don't remind him of anything. So here's me, not reminding myself of anything.
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I walk the streets of Japan till I get lost
Cause it doesn't remind me of anything
With a graveyard tan carrying a cross
Cause it doesn't remind me of anything
I like studying faces in a parking lot
Cause it doesn't remind me of anything
I like driving backwards in the fog
Cause it doesn't remind me of anything
The things that I've loved the things that I've lost
The things I've held sacred that I've dropped
I won't lie no more you can bet
I don't want to learn what I'll need to forget
I like gypsy moths and radio talk
Cause it doesn't remind me of anything
I like gospel music and canned applause
Cause it doesn't remind me of anything
I like colorful clothing in the sun
Cause it doesn't remind me of anything
I ilke hammering nails and speaking in tongues
Cause it doesn't remind me of anything
Bend and shape me, I love the way you are
Slow and sweetly, Like never before
Calm and sleeping, We won't stir up the past
So discreetly, We won't look back
I like throwing my voice and breaking guitars
Cause it doesn't remind me of anything
I like playing in the sand what's mine is ours
If it doesn't remind me of anything
For the video, visit the link below, it's worth a watch.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

oye thanks for 'reminding' me...when i first heard this song,I thought bits of it( where Cornell's screaming) sounds like "Falling in love is so hard on the knees" by Aerosmith...
:)
Don't kill me Siddharth? :)

Wanderer said...

you just ruined it.