The thing about arguing with lyrics is that everyone can do it, because no song is going to agree with everyone and no one agrees with every song. It's a far more important exercise to address those I connected with emotionally in a way I may need to finish letting go of, rather than the vast wealth of those that I simply disagree with. This great song from Pat Benatar is one of the former, for me:
Many times I've tried to tell you
Many times I've cried alone
Always I'm surprised how well you
Cut my feelings to the bone
Don't want to leave you really
I've invested too much time
To give you up that easy
To the doubts that complicate your mind
CHORUS:
We belong to the light
We belong to the thunder
We belong to the sound of the words
We've both fallen under
Whatever we deny or embrace
For worse or for better
We belong, we belong
We belong together
Maybe it's a sign of weakness
When I don't know what to say
Maybe I just wouldn't know
What to do with my strength anyway
Have we become a habit
Do we distort the facts
Now there's no looking forward
Now there's no turning back
When you say
CHORUS
Close your eyes and try to sleep now
Close your eyes and try to dream
Clear your mind and do your best
To try and wash the palette clean
We can't begin to know it
How much we really care
I hear your voice inside me
I see your face everywhere
Still you say
CHORUS
And about this I simply need to remind myself that, no, we never did belong together in the way I convinced myself we did. Perhaps it's true that we belonged as friends, and there's no doubt that in the long run there was good that came into my life out of my inappropriate attachment, forgiveness that I was able to offer that has made all the difference in my life. I'll always be grateful. But even then, she belonged with him, and I with her, and the only reason I mention any of this is to finish letting go of the warm nostalgia that has filled me on hearing this song over the past 20 years.
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