The Soundtrack of My Life

The City of Sound

Manhattan is the city of sound. My favorite melodies are those composed by the city I love. This place can easily be compared to a live concert, it doesn't matter where you are; front row, center stage, mezzanine, or the seat in the corner all the way in the last row, you're listening to that band that you listen to religiously and whose song lyrics you know by heart and feeling their tunes on your skin as it blasts out of the powerful bose speakers is more than you ever expected it to be. New York City has its own personal, unique noise that is nowhere to be found. While walking the streets you cannot only hear, but you can feel the magnificent sounds of this city. Above ground you can feel the cool symphonies of the honking lunatic truck drivers, and below ground, the comforting harmonies of the tunnel musicians, or the subways themselves, can warm up your soul, which makes it an unforgettable experience that will never stop to take away your breath. There may not be the harmonic chirping of birds or crickets, but New York presents us with the combined sounds of the subway cars echoes, street singers, cop car sirens, cab horns and diverse voices, which is put together in an electric melody, that reflects the eccentric and modern style of this incomparable city.
There is always something to listen to in this metropolis. No matter where a person is, a diverse and special soundtrack will surround one at all times. From your first ride into the city by subway or your most recent steps into your office, you will be introduced to the cold and hollow screeches of the tunnels and the hopeful screams of the fire engine sirens. Different languages and voices are always around one; a run to the closest supermarket allows you to get a glimpse into numerous people's lives as you casually overhear their conversations through the many isles. Not even the night lowers the sound; it only gets clearer as it gets topped off with the loud base thats escaping from that bar on the next block, with the sweet singing of harmonious drunks as its backup melody. I admire this tune, I couldn't stop longing for it the first time i set foot in this place. With its shuffled and occasionally repeated sequence, open ears in this city allow you to listen to a complimentary iTunes soundtrack of New York. Not once has this city ceased to amaze me, it has absorbed all of me, my mortal life and soul.
This tune is my drug. And i will always yearn for more of it.