You Only Live Twice

Sometimes my mom says things that stay with me. One of those things was a comment she once made about a line from a song. The song was "So Far Away" by Carole King, and the comment she made had to do with the following line: 

So far away 

Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore 

It would be so fine to see your face at my door 

Doesn't help to know you're just time away. 

Right there, that "time away" part. I remember when it came on, my mom said that she really liked that line. When I challenged her on it, saying, "But what does that really mean, 'It doesn't help to know you're just time away'?" she said, "I don't know, but I like it." 

And that's the comment that has stayed with me: "I don't know, but I like it." 

I feel like that's a very apt line when it comes to talking about music and the joy we get from it. Sometimes, we have no idea why we like something in a song, a funky hook or a strange turn of phrase. We just like it—it does something with us, period.

Such is my feeling when it comes to a song I recently discovered on Spotify: "You Only Live Twice." 

At first, I was irritated by the title: "What do they mean, 'You only live twice'? That makes no sense." But then, after listening to the lyrics and the melody—and still, mind you, not fully understanding what exactly is meant, I just began to accept the song, I began to take it in. 

Why? Well, I don't really know why...but that's the point. =)