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28 songs for the month of February. The soundtrack of my life in 2022. |
| A love song, for Valentine's Day. "Love Song" by Sara Bareilles Head underwater And they tell me To breathe easy for a while The breathing gets harder, even I know that Made room for me it's too soon to see If I'm happy in your hands I'm unusually hard to hold onto Blank stares at blank pages No easy way to say this You mean well, but you make this hard on me I'm not gonna write you a love song 'Cause you asked for it 'Cause you need one You see, I'm not gonna write you a love song 'Cause you tell me it's make or breaking this If you're on your way I'm not gonna write you to stay If all you have is leavin' I'ma need a better reason To write you a love song today I learned the hard way That they all say Things you wanna hear My heavy heart sinks deep down under You and your twisted words Your help just hurts You are not what I thought you were Hello to high and dry Convinced me to please you Made me think that I need this too I'm trying to let you hear me as I am I'm not gonna write you a love song 'Cause you asked for it 'Cause you need one You see, I'm not gonna write you a love song 'Cause you tell me it's make or breaking this If you're on your way I'm not gonna write you to stay If all you have is leavin' I'ma need a better reason To write you a love song today Promise me That you'll leave the light on To help me see With daylight, my guide, gone 'Cause I believe there's a way You can love me because I say I won't write you a love song 'Cause you asked for it 'Cause you need one You see, I'm not gonna write you a love song 'Cause you tell me it's make or breaking this Is that why you wanted a love song? 'Cause you asked for it 'Cause you need one You see, I'm not gonna write you a love song 'Cause you tell me it's make or breaking this If you're on your way I'm not gonna write you to stay If your heart is nowhere in it I don't want it for a minute Babe, I'll walk the seven seas when I believe that There's a reason to write you a love song today Sara actually wrote this song as an FU to her music producers, who kept telling her she had to write a pop-style love song for them. Well, she did, and ironically it turned out to be a big hit. I much prefer the live version to the overproduced radio edit. She's got some impressive lungs. I also like the lyrics and I think they're very fitting for a mass-produced, overly commercialized holiday like Valentine's Day. I wouldn't call myself a romantic, but I'm definitely not anti-romance either. I just think that, like the theme of this song, it shouldn't be expected or forced or it completely loses the meaning. "If your heart is nowhere in it, I don't want it for a minute." And for some reason, big romantic gestures almost always feel... fake... to me. Too good to be real. Also, the pressure and expectations of planning a big romantic event and expensive gifts for Valentine's day has just gotten out of control. Maybe it makes a little more sense on an anniversary or a date that is actually meaningful, not just an arbitrary date when everyone is supposed to celebrate romance and love, whether or not they are actually in a relationship at the time. Imagine how hard this day is for people who are single and lonely, or who've just recently broken up, or left a bad relationship. That's no small percentage of the population, either. That said, I'm far from bitter and I enjoy seeing happy couples being together, so, celebrate away! And let's not forget about all the other types of love we should be celebrating beyond romantic love. I saw that Shadow Prowler-Spreading Love  is doing a writing challenge to write a story about a non-romantic form of love, and I love that idea. If you're interested, the deadline is midnight tonight.Anni |
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