The Track Suits: Erase/Rewind – The Cardigans

A couple of weeks ago I was at an asexual meetup group and I got to talking about not taking past choices for granted.  What I meant was this – that what one decided in the past, even the very recent past, may no longer be the most useful choice for one’s current and future progress in life.  I went on to talk about how I no longer assume that nothing is up for grabs.  I wake up every morning and ask myself a series of questions to ascertain whether I’ve changed my mind/opinion/thoughts/feelings about a number of personal beliefs and characteristics.  Gender identity, sexual identity, romantic identity, desire for marriage, desire for children, future career path, current educational path, spiritual beliefs, and many others feature in this self-directed Q&A session.  Some of the answers vary by day.  Some vary by year.  Some have yet to vary.  I like giving myself the option to grow and develop as a person on multiple time scales.  As a nod to this discussion, which has been weighing more and more on my mind of late, the track that suits today is Erase/Rewind by The Cardigans.  I’m personally partial to the “Kleerup” remix of the song, since it’s all sorts of dance-y, and I like to shake my stuff along to it while I’m working in the lab.  Here are a few of the lyrics to illustrate its appropriateness.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I do … today.  Tomorrow I might decide it’s unrepentant shite.

Hey, what did you hear me say
you know the difference it makes
what did you hear me say

Yes, I said it’s fine before
I don’t think so no more
I said it’s fine before
I’ve changed my mind
I take it back

Erase and rewind
’cause I’ve been changing my mind
I’ve changed my mind