Is That Song Stuck In Your Head Just Random?
Ever get a song stuck in your head? Ever wonder why THAT song got stuck and not another song you overhead?
While sometimes “a cigar is just a cigar,” there may be hidden clues behind your latest earworm. I like to view them with the same curiosity that I view dreams.
When I started to suspect that they had some deeper meaning, I started to find it. It could be that I’m finding patterns where they don’t exist or that i’m just using the lyrics as a jump off point for random introspection. Or it could be that my subconscious is locking on to a song because it is resonating with something that is bubbling up there and the song is a gentle messenger.
The song that is in my head right now is “Fool Hearted Man” by Jo Dee Messina. Don’t judge! I didn’t put it there! I believe it was playing at a restaurant I ate at (outside) yesterday in Sedona.
I decided to investigate the lyrics. It may be important to know that I thought the lyric was “Cruel Hearted Man” and that is how it’s been playing in my head.
Somebody’s gonna give you
A lesson in leavin’
Somebody’s gonna give you back
What you’ve been givin’
And I hope that I’m around
To watch ’em knock you down
It’s like you to love ’em and leave ‘em
Just like you loved me and left me
It’s like you to do that sort of thing
Over and over again
You’re a fool-hearted man
Am I this fool-hearted (or cruel-hearted man) she is singing about? Or if I look at it in a non-gendered way, do I have this sentiment towards a former lover? Could it be related to a character in a true crime documentary series I’ve been binging about a particularly cruel-hearted man? Or maybe it is not about love at all and there is some way that I want to feel the satisfaction of schadenfreude. Could it actually be about my disdain for Donald Trump and the satisfaction I feel in him losing? And then that leads me to investigate what could be true about either. Often I find feelings that are there that I was unaware of. It’s a fascinating jump off point for inquiry.
What song is in your head? No matter how obscure or cheesy the song is, just for fun, get seriously curious about what your subconscious might be trying to tell you with it.
