I feel like every relationship tends to have its own soundtrack. There are just certain songs that connect me to a feeling I once felt with another person. Por ejemplo, listening to "Chasing Pavements" by Adele always reminds me of my good friends Val, Quyen, and Tom. The song "Love Song" by Sara Bareilles brings me back to my bottom bunk bed with my freshman year roommates. Pinback and Broken Social Scene, a time when everything was new and the nights were long. The Strokes, days when all you want to do is lie in bed and talk about dreams.
The music you share with the different people in your life, I kinda think of them as the bastard children of the relationship. You smile when they play on shuffle, you sing along because you know the words, you suggest them to others because you've laid claim to them; they belong to you. But once the relationship fades, you can't help but be drawn back to what the songs remind you of... can't help but realize the song wasn't yours in the first place. You hate it, but you can't hate the music. Especially because you know it's not the music's fault that you feel that way. You felt that way long before, and those songs, well... they just provide the soundtrack to what was once great.
