Saturday 19 March 2016

The best thing about music

ज़िंदगी  का सफर, है ये कैसा सफर 
कोई समझा नहीं, कोई जाना नहीं !
है ये कैसी डगर , चलते हैं सब मगर 
कोई समझा नहीं, कोई जाना नही...


What did you first think of when you read the above words in Hindi? Most likely you didn't read them, you actually sang them. That's a thing about music, it sticks with you. One takes forever to learn mathematical equations or other stuff, but it's so simple to remember the lyrics and the tone and the rhythm and the pace of so many songs. We remember these songs so well, in fact, that we can start singing them even in our sleep. 

Doesn't it make you wonder why it's so easy to remember songs? Why is it that music stays with us so comfortably when all other words are shortly forgotten?