revisiting obsession, part 1

I used to be obsessed with music; I miss those days. I now listen to at least 8 hours of talk radio a day, with minor musical breaks sprinkled in (usually preferring my own playlist...bottom of this page). I miss listening to the same song hundreds of times in a row and loving every single play. My buddy Wallace will remember the cassettes we used to have with "When the Children Cry" playing over and over for the full 90-minute tape. Yes, I miss those days.

So I am revisiting some of my old obsessions, and they are surfacing and becoming important once again.

Today's obsession comes from grad school:

"Homesick" by Kings of Convenience
(listen to it here, scroll down about 2/3 of the page)

"I'll lose some sales and my boss won't be happy,
But I can't stop listening to the sound
Of two soft voices
Blended in perfection
From the reels of this record that I've found.

Every day there's a boy in the mirror asking me...
What are you doing here?
Finding all my previous motives
Growing increasingly unclear.

I've traveled far and I've burned all the bridges
I believed as soon as I hit land
All the other options held before me,
Would wither in the light of my plan.

So I'll lose some sales and my boss won't be happy,
But there's only one thing on my mind
Searching boxes underneath the counter,
On a chance that on a tape I'd find...
A song for someone who needs somewhere to long for.

Homesick.
Because I no longer know where home is."

shanti,
mjh