memories, fm stations and humming strangers

its like song lyrics that you cant get out of your head. the words arent especially poignant, most of the time its just a repetitive hook that gets memorized by default. At first you dont even realize you know the words, to the point that you'd deny you did, but then you find yourself mouthing them as they come across the speakers. You find them circling inside your head and escaping under your breath to fill all those momentary silences. unconsciously you've made them a part of those thoughts you have when you aren't thinking. or maybe the song is what your head uses to keep such thoughts at bay.

regardless its there, elbowing out every other song you'd claim as your favorite, asserting its catchy and oh-so-whistleable tune until it becomes an unshakeable rythmn and singing another song becomes like trying to walk out-of-step to a marching band.

sometimes its whatever songs being played nonstop on every fm station, the ones that leave us all repeating lyrics like fifth graders say the pledge of allegiance. words without meaning, an autopilot kind of speech. but sometimes you cant even remember the last time you heard it. maybe it was playing in the car next to you at the stop light, or in the background of the produce section at the grocery store, maybe the guy behind you in line was humming it a minute ago. but if so he's since stopped and would probably stare blankly at you if you asked anyway. its always those songs that are the hardest to forget again.

its kind of like that. like waiting for the next song that sticks. the lyrics may not be any better, but at least the words will change.