I have this terrible disease where my headphones are always broken. Sometimes only one ear works. Sometimes I have to wrap the chord around and around my finger to hear anything. After a while I forget that they're are broken. I get used to hearing only half of a song. It's like having a long cold, and forgetting what it's like to breath through your nose. It can be frustrating at times. When I hear a new song, beautiful and complex like a swift moving river, I want to hear every note. I want to swim through it in my mind, or to lay on my back and float through it. But I can only hear the rhythm and the faint whispers of melody. You can't just listen listen to half of a Philip Glass song. It's painful.