How do you get rid of the tune that is playing in your head? Mine goes on automatic rewind and it has been weeks now. This time, at least, is an impressive piece—Debussy’s Valse Romantique. It’s playing when I open my eyes in the morning. It’s playing when I write, coming in between pauses in its strong waltz rhythm. It accompanies me in the street, and the grand chords give dramatic background music to the shops and people I pass. The flowing notes disappear only when I’m asleep.
Sometimes the music is just a silly tune like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. I have no control over what is playing and why it gets into my head and when it stops. I’m distracted this way, by the music in my head. It was a big problem when I was small. They called me absent-minded. Now, at least, there is no one to chide me.
