STOP THIS TRAIN - JOHN MAYER (COVER)

“Man alone measures time. Man alone chimes the hour.

And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing

fear that no other creature endures.

A fear of time running out.”

Mitch Albom

Another cover I did two years ago. I was hanging out in my friend's dormitory room when I felt like the time's been going too fast I was afraid that everything would've come to an end before I knew it. That was the first time I ever felt anything like it and I really wanted explore that weird and new feeling more. But the time kept ticking and even though I tried and I tried, I couldn't record what I felt on that day on my journal. Part of it was because at that time I wasn't really that good at expressing things verbally, but I also felt like maybe it was not something that you could dictate on a paper, or even a picture. And then I thought, "what about music?"

So I went through my playlist, spent few hours remembering and practising on the song (because the song that caught my attention was a song I used to listen quite long time ago), and then recorded it in my bedroom. I got several complaints from people living next to my room because it was midnight when I finally finished working on it, but nevertheless, it worked, it really did work. So there you go, it's a song by John Mayer called Stop This Train. Hope you'll get a gist of the mixed feelings that the 18 year old me had.

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Artwork: Stella Nikiko / Vocals: Stella Nikiko / Instrumental: Youtube