"The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry."
~ Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell To Arms



"Our lives disconnect and reconnect, we move on, and later we may touch one another, again bounce away. This is the felt shape of a human life, neither simply linear nor wholly disjunctive nor endlessly bifurcating, but rather this bouncey sequence of bumping into's and tumblings apart."
~ Salman Rushdie, The Ground Beneath Her Feet



Thursday, March 4, 2010

Divine Milieu...ABBA - Know Me Knowing You...



When I was younger, I use to listen to ABBA a lot. I remember hearing this song but the profound truth and pain in the lyrics meant nothing to me then. Now listening to it, the reality of the experience they are singing about is so real. In some ways it is amazing the truth that can be in a pop song from a long time ago. Maybe that is why ABBA was so popular, there was something to their lyrics that spoke to the human condition...

No more carefree laughter
Silence ever after
Walking through an empty house, tears in my eyes
Here is where the story ends, this is goodbye
Knowing me, knowing you
There is nothing we can do

Knowing me, knowing you
We just have to face it, this time we're through
(This time we're through, this time we're through
This time we're through, we're really through)

Breaking up is never easy, I know but I have to go
(I have to go this time
I have to go, this time I know)
Knowing me, knowing you
It's the best I can do

Mem'ries (mem'ries), good days (good days), bad days (bad days)
They'll be (they'll be), with me (with me) always (always)
In these old familiar rooms children would play
Now there's only emptiness, nothing to say
Knowing me, knowing you (ah-haa)
There is nothing we can do

Knowing me, knowing you (ah-haa)
We just have to face it, this time we're through
(This time we're through, this time we're through
This time we're through, we're really through)

Breaking up is never easy, I know but I have to go
(I have to go this time
I have to go, this time I know)
Knowing me, knowing you
It's the best I can do
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 4, 2010 at 6:03 PM

    I always liked this song, now it makes me
    sad and I had to shed tears.....mom

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  2. AnonymousMarch 4, 2010 at 11:01 PM

    If that song is a reflection of where you are at now, I want to pat you on the back for making a decision albeit a very difficult one. As you put one foot in front of the other, you will someday realize that you are once again feeling like a whole person facing that challenging, big world out there and you can accomplish anything. So keep taking those steps - it is the best that you can do.

    Love,
    Aunt Carol

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