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.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOMSB7s15C8