Music…

Without You

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson
and Words

No, I can’t forget this evening
Or your face as you were leaving
But I guess that’s just the way the story goes
You always smile but in your eyes your sorrow shows
Yes, it shows

No, I can’t forget tomorrow
When I think of all my sorrow
When I had you there but then I let you go
And now it’s only fair that I should let you know
What you should know

Lyric excerpts from Musixmatch.


I know this may seem surreal, but the first time I heard a rendition of this song, it was a Spanish cover.  Based strictly on the time released, we must have been in Puerto Rico.  More than once did I try to find that particular rendition, though sadly I was never able to track it down.  I didn’t quite remember the artist nor the name of the song in Spanish.  I mostly remember the first few notes which set the tone for the remainder of the song.

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Music…

Never Had

10 Years (Soundtrack)

Oscar Isaac
and Words

I’ve been gone for.. so long now
Chasing everything that’s new..
I’ve forgotten how I got here
I’ve not forgotten you..

We were just children, with our eyes opened, and
You were all that I could see
You came close enough to know my heart-beat, but
Still not close enough for me..

Lyric excerpts from Genius.com.


I could tell stories of great romances in high school.  There are great tales of great spiritual synchronicity or emotional belonging with a soulmate.  I can recount the extraordinary circumstances by which a young woman and I were thrown together by fate.  Sadly, they’d all be lies.  My time in high school was socially awkward and even attended my own prom stag.

I was ambitious and generally happy in high school; my friends mostly accepted me for who I was.  I remain in contact with many of them.  Naturally, I had great interest in a number of young women but sadly never worked up the courage to approach them romantically.  It may seem uneventful and maybe a little sad, but it’s the truth.  I suspect many stories of high school were precisely like this.

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