“Give me the words that tell me nothing” is something that stuck with me on these hikes. I was thinking often about the meaning in the superficial. Growing up there was always something inside me which wanted to reject the mundane and seemingly ‘meaningless’ - but it’s a foolish way to look at the world. All that is superficial serves a purpose. Every action tells a story, even those that on the surface appear to ‘tell you nothing’.

I find this song always evokes a nostalgia I can’t quite locate… Listening to it while parting branches and embracing the fog of the Austrian mountains helped to amplify that feeling. Maybe it’s main character syndrome. Maybe everyone needs that sometimes, though.

I find the melody to be heart wrenching. It gets under my skin and dances in ways I don’t know how to express with words. It’s like an eager anxiousness. Why? I don’t know. But you need to listen with noise cancelling headphones in a dark room.