Gosh! I should be snoring by now. It’s almost 2 in the morning but this mind of mine is stuck with a song. I’m suffering from this last song syndrome (LSS) thing, right?  "After All" by Peter Cetera keeps playing in my head. It’s a good song alright, but I’m dying to put myself to slumber. A friend played it in her car… brought back "good" memories… so now, I can’t get it out of my head. I keep singing the chorus part and the worst part is… I am subconsciously humming it!

I guess all of us have our personal "demonic" tunes that get stuck in our heads. This phenomenon, also known as "earworm" in Germany and also "stupid lyric syndrome" in other countries, exists because there are these songs that are relatively simple, repetitive and contain an element that surprises us listeners. It isn’t dangerous because the song I’ve listened to isn’t that pathetic, crappy, albeit catchy song ever.

           "This is the first (thing I remember)

            Now it’s the last (thing left on my mind)

            Afraid of the dark (do you hear me whisper)

            An empty heart (replaced with paranoia)

            Where do we go ( life’s temporary)

            ………………………………………."

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