In a Fog

Every once in awhile I’ll put my entire music collection on shuffle and listen for a long time for a certain song to play. It’s not a specific song or even a particular favorite it’s just a feeling I get. I won’t feel it immediately but slowly over time I’ll begin to play the song over and over again. As it plays I lean back in my chair, prop myself against the bed, and listen. Not intently I’ve never listened very carefully to this song instead I let it enter my mind like a cooling fog wrapping its soothing arms around me. The lyrics float aimlessly by like a crew less ship lost on the sea as the instruments like rain wash the deck. I suppose the closest thing I have to describing it is like being a bird lost in the fog, and every so often I fly across some new unknown structure or landscape. The song is different every time and lately they’ve all been by The Clash. I’m not sure why. First it was Janie Jones, then The Guns of Brixton, and recently Lost in the Supermarket. Like I said before I’m not sure why they’ve only been Clash songs but that’s just how it is.