dolorous interludes.

::Bette Midler::
The Rose

"Some say love, it is a river, that drowns the tender reed
Some say love, it is a razor, that leaves your soul to bleed
Some say love, it is a hunger, an endless aching need
I say love, it is a flower, and you, its only seed

Its the heart afraid of breaking, that never learns to dance
Its the dream afraid of waking, that never takes the chance
Its the one who won't be taken, the one who can't seem to give
And the soul afraid of dying, that never learns to live

When the night has been too lonely and the road has been too long
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong
Just remember that in the winter, far beneath the bitter snow
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love in the spring becomes the rose."

Being the mawkish person that i am, i dished out this old cd entitled "Radio City Love Songs" last night, which is a compilation of love songs from various artists like Mariah Carey, Lionel Richie, Duran Duran, George Michael, etc. quite so soothing, love songs are, especially late at nights when one is made almost vulnerable by the moonlit absence of a loved one. while trying to avoid caring too much for these silly wishy ballads, i attempted to read "our government's macro economic aims:conflicts" ha. this should counter all possible gushing sentimentalism eh? ah it didnt work for me at all. i ended up listening quite whole heartedly to fifteen songs on this one cd, of which two songs in particular dazed me. One is Bette Midler's famous one which i typed on the top of this post, and the other is Duran Duran's "Ordinary World" which touched me too somehow. it seems i never escape the wicked claws of music; last night, it drew me in again, leaving the heap of broken yesteryear memories in my arms.

posted by voyeur @ 11/08/2003 03:05:00 PM