The Animator

Listening to old songs is strange because it’s like stepping into someone else’s time even if you weren’t there, the melodies carry memories you didn’t have but somehow understand, and the lyrics hit you differently depending on your mood. Sometimes a song makes you feel nostalgic for nothing at all, other times it sparks ideas or stories you didn’t know were inside your head. The way instruments were recorded, the way voices crack or echo, all of it feels raw and alive in a way modern music sometimes doesn’t, and you start imagining the people who made it, the small rooms or studios they worked in, and what it meant to them. By the end of the song, you feel like you’ve lived a tiny story, a brief connection across time that leaves you both energized and quiet at once.