like a gunshot, like a siren

why is it that growing up, sirens used to be such a rarity?? when a fire truck/ambulance/sirening police car passed by, we - and all the other kids i knew - would press our noses to the glass and watch it pass by in awe. now, it seems like you hear sirens more than birds. and that's saying something because we have some real chatty cathys when it comes to birds in our area. maybe it was the area we lived in, maybe it was just the times, maybe i was just extremely unobservant and missed them... but i did not hear sirens every ten minutes. i didn't even hear them every week. now i understand that living across the street from a firehouse is bound to raise the number of sirens i hear, but even on the road and in school they're pretty much a daily occurrence. i miss the days when sirens and lawn motors didnt wake me up every single morning.

*Sirens - Angels and Airwaves