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December 12, 2004
Please forgive me
I had one of those moments today. One of those brief instances where you get caught up in a song and it changes everything.
I recently got a copy of the latest KMTT Sampler. This is a CD with acoustic tracks by artists from their "Mountain Lounge" where all proceeds go to the Wilderness Society. (Our local station does something similar but handles the distribution like a pack of feces flinging monkeys.) I was playing it in the house this morning and heard David Gray's live version of "Please Forgive Me".
As the song played I picked up Jack and began singing the song to him. He kept smiling and looking at me like I was as mad as a hatter but the more I sang the more he seemed to enjoy it.
Here are the lyrics:
"Please forgive me
If I act alittle strange
For I know not what I do.
Feels like lightning running through my veins
Everytime I look at you
Everytime I look at you
Help me out here
All my words are falling short
And there's so much I want to say
Want to tell you just how good it feels
When you look at me that way
When you look at me that way
Throw a stone and watch the ripples flow
Moving out across the bay
Like a stone I fall into your eyes
Deep into some mystery
Deep into that mystery
I got half a mind to scream out loud
I got half a mind to die
So I won't ever have to lose you girl
Won't ever have to say goodbye
I won't ever have to lie
Won't ever have to say goodbye
Yeah na na na na
Yeah na na na na
Please forgive me
If I act alittle strange
For I know not what I do
It's like my head is filled with lightning girl
Everytime I look at you
Everytime I look at you
Everytime I look at you
Everytime I look at you"
(Copyright David Gray.)
Yes I know I'm silly. Yes I know I'm the emotional, sappy one. In that moment everything else that I have been dealing with dropped away and I found a song that, with a bit of tinkering, expresses how much I love my son.
Posted by Jim at December 12, 2004 09:42 PM