I haven't been listening to a lot of music lately. I got New Surrender in the mail a couple of weeks ago, but that still hasn't made me want to listen to music. I think I just woke up one day and I stopped looking for it. I stopped looking for new sounds, new emotions that songs would stir into the depths of my soul. Maybe music just stopped sounding as good as it used to, or maybe I miss listening to music as if it were just playing in the background, rather than savouring every note, chord and beat until I've memorised its every nuance as I carefully dissect the meaning of every phrase and its arrangement.

Maybe that's it. Nothing's as great when you've memorised everything.

Or maybe I'm just busy.