Nothing much to do on quarantine, so I'm in my YouTube and came across the videos/ songs in my "All Time Fave" playlist. I could no longer remember when I created this, but I'm sure that I did, because all the songs are indeed my favorites - songs that I would often come back listening.
"Drops of Jupiter" by Train, is in the playlist and of course I have plenty of time to even browse the comment section, lol! (Yah, that does not happen so often) I stumbled upon one comment that the song was inspired and written after Monahan's mom who passed away from Cancer. By the way, Monahan is the lead singer and songwriter of the band Train.
I insert the video here, you might like listening to it while reading.
However, this is not a review, I am writing this because while I listened to the song it brings back memories of departed loved ones.
August 28, the birthday of my great grandmother, Apong. Yes, you've read it right, my grandmother's mom was 100 years old when she died from old age I think. I was in 2nd year high school that time, thus I have vivid childhood memories of her. We used to play "sungka" while she would narrate stories of her youth, their life during World War II, and what was my grandma and my mom like when they're still little. I can picture her, perhaps adventurous and jolly in her youth. Thus, I wanted this line from the song for her;
"But tell me, did the wind sweep you off your feet?
Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
And head back to the Milky Way?"-Train
August 28, also the birthday of my cousin, Augustus, also the feast day of Saint Augustine, but his mom told me that he was named before the great leader Augustus Caesar. He passed away 2 years ago from suicide. I'm crying at this very moment of writing because his story was just so melancholic and surreal, yet I can only picture him as a deep soul with so much passion, energy and drive for life and his causes. He goes into marathons, run with friends, and picks up trash along the way cause he believed that we should "clean as we go". He was a political science professor and law student who never runs out of reason. A barangay councilor that inspires other people. Just ironic and unbelievable, that he runs out of purpose to continue living. Whatever scars and pain, this is my message for him from the line of this song;
"And tell me, did you fall for a shooting star
One without a permanent scar?
And did you miss me/ us while you were looking for yourself?"- Train
Lastly, my two grandmothers so dear to me, Lola Nene and Mama Ying. "The Soul Sisters," that's what I call them now whenever I remember them chatting on their favorite spot on the patio. My Lola, Mama Ying loves to visit her sister Lola Nene that lives with us, among the siblings they're the ones close with each other. I can say that they shared a lot of memories together, even got hospitalized together in their last year on Earth. Lola Nene, the eldest died that year 2011, the following year Mama Ying passed away before her sister's death anniversary. I miss them both, and I love this line of the song for them;
"Now that she's back in the atmosphere
With drops of Jupiter in her hair, hey, hey, hey
She acts like summer and walks like rain
Reminds me that there's a time to change, hey, hey, hey
Since the return from her stay on the moon
She listens like spring and she talks like June."- Train
Just a little tribute to these beautiful souls, spreading love and drops of Jupiter with their memory.
Thanks for reading!
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It's really a nice song. I like old songs. They are usually nicer to listen. In the recent music, they add a lot of effects that are just noise. In old songs, every sound is good !