I was 15 years old when this song first came out. I had my first (high school) relationship, my first job... and I remember how I had this song on every playlist, even the ones that had nightcore and gangster rap. Because even in the darkest of nights, the world was silent enough to hear this song as if it was the first time again. Wired earbuds connected, eyes closed, I followed the piano. Fantasizing about the life I would be leading 10 years from now, where I'd be drinking my morning coffee before I head to work. The silence from the night carrying forward the joy of new light.
I'm 25 years old now, and everything became nothing like I dreamt it to be. The rising sun basking my face with a new day, but my morning coffee sits cold on a desk for hours on end while I strain my eyes with a job that presses down on my spine. With the release of this song's 10th year anniversary version, I couldn't stop the tears from welling in the corners of my eyes - how I wish I could thank the musician who soothed me from breaking down back then. Yet the words choke in my throat as the melody plays on, and I can only feel the echoes of the piano reminding me, haunting me, of who I became now.
The final note from the piano ringing out in my wireless headphones, and in the blank end screen, someone stares back.
I am no longer of the same cloth.
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