Dissociated Thoughts

2/14/22 - Our Song and a Little Something Extra

2/14/22

Today is the day we celebrate all things LOVE. In spirit of the day, I waited to add this next song to my soundtrack. Okay, so it might not sound like a love song to you if you aren't paying attention to the lyrics. But the lyrics say it all. And for me, this song goes far beyond being just a love song. About a decade ago, my relationship with my husband was strained to the point of breakage. There'd been too many fights, too few times of mutual understanding. But one particularly explosive night, when our tempers had finally cooled for the time being, my husband put on this song and told me to listen. "I've heard the song before, thanks." I told him. And he said, "No. Really listen to the words. Don't do anything else right now. Just sit and listen to the words. This is us. This is my song to you." So that night is the night We're in This Together by Nine Inch Nails became "Our Song". We learned to work things out and to communicate instead of yell since then. We're still in this mess together, but now the waters of our relationship are much calmer. The fires of our anger have tempered and now we focus on overcoming our hurdles together. We have no more desire to argue. We're just two middle-aged weirdos in a race to the finish line - still in it together. And this song, well, it will always be "Our Song".

Lyrics for We're in This Together ▼

Music and lyrics written by Trent Reznor

I've become impossible
Holding on to when
When everything seemed to matter more
The two of us
All used and beaten up
Watching fate
As it flows
Down the path
We have chose

You and me
We're in this together now
None of them can stop us now
We will make it through somehow
You and me
If the world should break in two
Until the very end of me
Until the very end of you

Awake to the sound as they peel apart the skin
They pick and they pull
Trying to get their fingers in
Well, they've got to kill what we found
Well, they've got to hate what they fear
Well, they've got to make it go away
Well, they've got to make it disappear
The farther I fall I'm beside you
As lost as I get I will find you
The deeper the wound I'm inside you
For ever and ever I am a part of

You and me
We're in this together now
None of them can stop us now
We will make it through somehow
You and me
If the world should break in two
Until the very end of me
Until the very end of you

All that we were is gone we have to hold on
All that we were is gone we have to hold on
When all our hope is gone we have to hold on
All that we were is gone but we can hold on

You and me
We're in this together now
None of them can stop us now
We will make it through somehow
You and me
Even after everything
You're the queen and I'm the king
Nothing else means anything

Bonus Track!!

This song, another with deep meaning for my husband and I, is a ditty that is just another face of the icosahedral die that is the topic of Love Songs. It was written by Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence and recorded in 1987. It was first released in 1988 on the B side of the Kick album, under the Atlantic label.

As far as my husband and myself are concerned, this life will never tear us apart.

Lyrics for Never Tear Us Apart ▼

Don't ask me
What you know is true
Don't have to tell you
I love your precious heart

I
I was standing
You were there
Two worlds collided
And they could never tear us apart

We could live
For a thousand years
But if I hurt you
I'd make wine from your tears

I told you
That we could fly
'Cause we all have wings
But some of us don't know why

I was standing
You were there
Two worlds collided
And they could never, ever tear us apart

I (Don't ask me)
I was standing (You know it's true)
Mm, you were there (Worlds collided)
Two worlds collided (We're shining through)
And they could never tear us apart

You (Don't ask me)
You were standing (You know it's true)
I was there (Worlds collided)
Two worlds collided (We're shining through)
And they could never tear us apart

I-I-I
I was standing
You were there