My Sunshine State Sojourn

The Long & Winding Road (Faroe Islands) | lennart

Vladivostok, Russia | Vlad Dyshlivenko

Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles except you can hear it coming from the speaker in someone’s truck in the distance from a park. It’s one of those warm summer days where you feel too heavy from simply being – perfect for sunbathing. Your sunhat is too big and flops over your face, and the grass underneath you itches, but you’re as happy as it can get.

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By the end the entire mine has begun mining in harmony, but as you look for the source of the song… no one claims the credit. 

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Ain’t No Mountain High Enough by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell except playing from your parents’ kitchen radio during a family get-together for the 4th of July. The windows are open to let the music out while everyone hangs out on the back porch with snacks and sparklers.

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California Dreamin’ by The Mamas & The Papas except it’s playing from a box radio while you sit on the porch of a Yosemite Ranger Station in the very early morning. It’s summer. It’s 1979. And you love your job.

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd except via the in-ceiling speakers of a truck-stop diner at 4am. The florescent lights buzz, the cracked vinyl seat creaks, the waitress pops her gum, and the highway traffic is just starting to pick up.

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( I’m sorry if this has been done before )

by request. you and the person you love most are on the shore of lake michigan. it is the summer, your skin is warm and freckled, your toes are covered in sand. you have no worries as the world begins to fade into golden hour. from a nearby cottage this song drifts over the chirping of the birds and the hum of the cicadas and the slow breaking of the waves. you have never known peace like this.

Can’t Help Falling in Love by Elvis Presley except you’re sitting alone on a beach at sunset, with your radio next to you, watching the waves roll in. You would probably appear as though you’ve lost someone, but that couldn’t be further from the truth – she’s right here. It’s the sea herself that you’re in love with.

Have You Ever Seen the Rain by Creedence Clearwater Revival except you’re listening to it on a portable radio as you walk through the rain in an unfamiliar and quiet small town. The weather and loneliness have definitely got you down, but perhaps tomorrow things will be better.

now or never by elvis, except it’s being broadcasted on one of the wasteland’s last remaining stations. you turn your busted radio to it as you camp alone in the wilderness, watching the dying fire. as the song plays, a deep sorrow fills you, a longing for a place that no longer exists