{"id":6160,"date":"2024-04-25T10:58:46","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T16:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/socc\/?p=6160"},"modified":"2025-10-22T21:15:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T03:15:33","slug":"space-age-love-song-a-flock-of-seagulls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/socc\/2024\/04\/25\/space-age-love-song-a-flock-of-seagulls\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Age Love Song – A Flock Of Seagulls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Image: Jive Records \/ A Flock of Seagulls<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I discovered \u201cSpace Age Love Song” as I was perusing through, or rather \u201cstalking\u201d<\/em> people\u2019s Spotify playlists the other day. The man whom I fondly refer to as my \u201cfirst love\u201d was listening to it, and suddenly, quite suitably, I declared the song to be his<\/em>. I mean, who else would I think of now when I hear it if not him? Although he hardly is my first love and I surely am not his, this song makes me wonder who he may be in love with today, and if he ever was in love with me then. It’s been three years since we last spoke, but he still follows me on Spotify, and I, him. I wonder if he ever occasionally glances over at the \u201cfriends activity\u201d tab while browsing (the desktop version of Spotify), and searches for my name. A selfish part of me hopes he does, but I know he is occupied with other people, places, and things now. The playlist where this song resides is named \u201cTbd\u201d. Don\u2019t ask me why, I am no longer privy to the inner workings of his brain. Curiously, there\u2019s no other songs on \u201cTbd\u201d (yet). And even if there were, I wouldn\u2019t care to listen to them. Again, don\u2019t ask me why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been entranced by his<\/em> song for the past two weeks now. It barely has any lyrics (17 lines [85 words] to be exact), but manages to be nearly 4 minutes long. Not long enough for my liking. I think once it\u2019s medically possible, I will have it injected into my veins so that it can last forever, in case my memory of him doesn\u2019t. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe he knew of \u201cSpace Age Love Song” while we were together, and maybe he listened to it in secret when we were apart. But it can never belong to me. It will always be his, but live inside my veins. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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