We are filled with music nearly everywhere we go. Cafes, malls, hair dressers and apartment walls. We commonly find the lyrical subject matter to be very serious, and presented in a very serious manner (i.e., following all the rules and not surprising anyone with anything too musically extravagant). Let’s take a song I recently heard […]
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The moment I set eyes on her, every atom of my being aligned itself in her direction. It wasn’t due to her physical beauty. In fact it had very little to do with it – although her total beauty exceeds my comprehension. The feeling was beyond control, it was complete interest and devotion. I had never felt this way before in my 16 years of dating. I did all I could to grab her attention, and did. After a final night sitting together on a bench overlooking the Rhine, speaking from the heart, I couldn’t believe the moment’s beauty. At 1 AM, we hugged a heartbreaking goodbye in Bonn… Staring at each other, cold, hearts bursting with fire as a bittersweet pang struck me vertically from my feet up.
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