Getting high on a song

It's about 3:30 am, and I'm sitting at my PC listening to Paul McCartney's "No more lonely nights". I just downloaded this song about 24 hours ago on iTunes at almost this exact same hour because I actually craved the song. I became enamored with the song when I first saw the music video in the 1980's. The video started with Paul McCartney starting off his day early before sunrise, and he begins singing the song while staring out into the early morning city lights. (Well I actually don't know if it was early morning or late night in the video, but I can remember believing it was early morning.) Ever since seeing that video, I would always think of that song whenever I was up early morning before sunrise. It's a great tune and it makes me feel at peace with the world when I hear it at the early hours. Before iTunes, and for many years when I use to awaken at 4:30 am to start my 14 hour work day I would just play the song over and over in my head. It gave me peace just before starting my grueling day behind the desk of corporate America. Now that I have retired from the high tech startup scene, I rarely get up before 10 am, so I've not had the opportunity to think of the song.

But yesterday, I needed to finish a web project, so I found myself working until the wee hours of the early morning, just before sunrise. I thought of the song again and decided that I should probably just download it. Listening to it was as addicting as playing it in my mind. I played it over and over again on my PC because I couldn't get enough of that peaceful high I can only get from the combination of the song and the hour.

I don't understand why I feel at peace when I hear it, and why it feels good only in the early morning. Something in me harmonizes with the lyrics, the music, and the thought of the world about to awaken from a peaceful slumber. It's beautiful, and I wouldn't change a thing about the experience. I suppose this is a similar feeling to someone getting a breathtaking view from high above. I've learned to let the feeling take over me for whatever time I can afford, because the world will wake up soon enough to distract me.