Song 1: Nostalgic Prelude
Do you sometimes look at yourself in the mirror and think of your life? Do you sometimes wonder, "How did I get here"? It's like you've been walking along the path of life so long and seen the same things so many times that you never noticed when that rock over there was a little bit bigger than the other rocks you've seen, or that maybe the grass down the other side of the road was just a little taller. Then the grass gives way to reeds, and the reeds to bushes and trees, and you would never notice until you're in a forest that's too dark to see much in.
Maybe, if I had been paying attention, I would have noticed something changing. Of course, hindsight is 20/20. My foresight seems to be as poor as my prescription. I could say easily that everything started when my mother gave me my grandmother's silver and jade choker amulet, but at that time, I didn't know what it was. I accepted it because it was Grandmother's, with all of the memories of when she was still alive, and all the songs she used to sing. I could say it began when I went to England to study law, psychology, singing and religion, but how do I know it wouldn't have just happened in my native Canada? So, I guess things really began with an accident, and a decision that I couldn't change.