The Journey of a Song

I am an avid listener. Sometimes out of compulsion I listen to the ladies, but mostly, songs are my favorite. Listening to a song for me is like talking to a  girl. Each new song passes through different phases. 

It all starts with a first sight(or sound in this case). The first time I hear the song is like meeting a new girl. Each song is different - has different characteristics, each has its own creator, some songs are patho, some are fun and some are just nothing-special types. But there's always one song that will catch your attention. Its like love at first sight. I've only heard her once, in an FM station or in someone's ringtone or from my crowded bus neighbor's iPod(loud enough for me to hear). But the tune sticks with me or some reason.  Its like that mysterious face everyone has seen in the bus or the metro which refuses to blurr away from the mind.

And then suddenly one day I again hear her - the song. Its more interesting now. She seems different. Had she been like this when I first listened to her? Its like seeing that same girl talking to someone I know in the cafeteria. Was she so beautiful? By the time I go to ask her name, she is gone.

Now I am curious to know who she is. I go and lookup the internet. Somewhat similar to looking up Facebook, you know what I mean (colon p). The happiness I get from downloading the song can only be matched by being able to exchange numbers with the mysterious girl with the help of the common friend.  Ah that feeling!!! :)

And then we talk and talk and talk, in the bus, or the metro, or are cafeteria, sometimes even at work. I've been somewhat infatuated by her. I can listen to her all day long. No questions asked. 

After a few weeks, it becomes monotonous. Listening to a few times a day is ok but not whole day.  She is blabbering always. And you know she is not that good anyways. She has so and so  flaws - the beats are too boring or I think I've heard the tune somewhere. She is not interested in me either. The iPod hangs when I try to play her or I am busy listening to other songs or sometimes she just wont play. And moreover many people are listening to her.

Then there is the time of no contact. Now-a-days I listen to her only when I see her or sometimes just scroll down - depending on the mood. I don’t even search her in my playlist. She is no more in my most played list. We interact on a casual basis.

Then comes the testing time. After weeks of spending whole day together, we have gone apart. She  either becomes my default song or is removed from the iPod to make space for new songs. Most of the times she has to make space for new ones.

But for once, she will stay. I realize I have made a mistake by not listening to her. It was more than just infatuation. She is way better than those other fancy songs, with all their fancy lyrics and fancy singers. They don’t stand a chance in front of her. She is also had her fair share of fame and now she is lonely. Now no-one else listens to her. I pity her. Actually she is not that bad. She has some niceties. We start talking again and realize that we are best suited for each other.

The last stage is the caller-tune stage. From the day she becomes my caller-tune, we live happily ever after.