This song has been one of many that I have had on repeat the past week. And I feel it truly captures the love of a man for a woman… in as good a way as Adams can
Now I’ve always been a huge sceptic when it comes to love and no matter the number of times any friends of mine repeat this word, they never get a crack of a smile out of me for I came to discover very early on in my life what most teenagers so eager to fall in love will only find in their late 20’s or even early 30’s.
Love does not come easily, nor does it come fast. It is not a cheap word that can be flung around with irreverence, nor is it something that should be proclaimed with ease. It is not what you feel when you listen to the new Justin Beiber song, or the skipped beat of the heart when the guy you’ve been crushing on “forever” finally smiles your way. It is real and it is all encompassing and I personally think that anyone who finds it is a truly lucky human for it is the rarest of all gems.
I spend many a moment pondering this emotion we call love. What is it? How do you know when you find it? And out of my ponderings has been birthed a new idea of it. This song is closer than many I have listened to to describing it the way I have in my mind.
Love has 2 faces. It is a blazing fire, and a slow burning glow. It is the highest of heights that a person’s soul may ascend to, and the lowest of lows when not reciprocated. Only when both these faces have been found can one say that they have found it.
There is, of course, the passion. The playful lust hidden in a lover’s eyes and the barely disguised desire behind every cheeky smile. Akin to a fast spreading forest fire is the need for physical contact in any form (though for most, preferably of a less PG-13 nature). This is what most people encounter first, especially in this day and age when 2 pieces of string attached to 3 triangles can be considered fine beach wear. It is easy to encounter lust; too easy. I advise to steer clear of this aspect until a bit later on for fear of mistaking it for something real.
The all engulfing flame is always fun, most people even seek it out without the need for a deeper emotional tie. But what I really look for is those moments when the lust is not there.
When one is with a loved one, the world will seem to stand still. No measure of time will ever be long enough to peer into the eyes and peep into the soul of someone you love. No smile is ever big enough or hug ever warm enough to truly convey ones emotion to the other. The slow burning glow is the love that lasts a lifetime; the long meaningless conversation in which you can travel through time and space and never move a single muscle. The feeling of warmth within, as though having him/her in your blood and knowing that the love is eternal and immovable, and the future is stretched out in front of you, filled with promise and hope for life yet. That is where true love begins.
And you are helpless to stop it.
It is hard to know when love is finally knocking on your door. But a helpful marker is that moment when the thought flows freely into your mind. Not during any midnight tryst or in the heat of a passionate kiss; no, it will probably happen during a random lapse in a random conversation you have nowhere special about nothing important.
Anyway, this song is really worth a listen. I personally like it more for the sultry guitar playing than for the words but they do make a valid point.
Well, I have nothing more to write for the moment. But you must admit, seeing as I have been gone for a while and have not had much practise with my linguistic skills in the interim… that was a pretty good post. ;)
Ok then my virtual friends. Till next time ^_^
