“October Once More” is a track shaped by the quiet ache of nostalgia—the kind that resurfaces when a particular month, season, or memory returns with startling clarity. The poem that inspired it reflects on a love story that began and ended in the same October, leaving the narrator suspended between warmth and heartbreak.
The poem recalls the very beginning: a chance meeting in a cozy coffee lounge, where two strangers felt an immediate sense of familiarity. It was the start of a bond that deepened with time, grounded in shared moments, unspoken understanding, and the feeling of having finally found someone who felt like home.
But a year later, in the very same month, that connection fractured. What once felt destined suddenly dissolved in an abrupt farewell, leaving behind loose ends and unanswered questions. The narrator is left carrying the weight of a love that never received closure.
As October returns again, the memories resurface with it—vivid, beautiful, and painful. The narrator finds themselves wondering where their lost soulmate is now, whether they’re happy, and if the memories still linger for them too. It’s a longing not rooted in regret alone, but in the sense that something unfinished continues to echo through time.
Set against an evocative instrumental arrangement, the track mirrors this emotional cycle. Its gentle motifs rise and fall like fading recollections; soft piano lines trace the tenderness of the beginning, while mournful strings reflect the ache of the ending. The composition captures the bittersweet duality of nostalgia—the beauty of what was, and the emptiness of what cannot return.
“October Once More” sits near the album’s conclusion as a reflective prelude to the emotional weight of Track 10. While Track 10 explores the tension between fear and love, Track 9 looks inward toward memory—toward the places we revisit in our minds because they shaped us in ways time can’t erase.
It invites listeners to feel the quiet pull of seasons that hold meaning, the way certain months reopen stories we thought were closed, and how the heart can still look back even while moving forward.
Winter Rhapsody Volume 3: Crystal Reverie releases January 9. Immerse yourself in this autumnal soundscape, where Track 9—“October Once More”—reminds us that some memories return not to hurt us, but to show us how deeply we once felt.
