revisiting the past

At the beginning of the graduate training programme, we were asked our favourite song, as a way to help remember our names. I hate questions like that. Every song has its place and time. There's a favourite song for every mood.

I had re-loaded my mp3 player a few weeks ago, but only a few days ago I decided to play an album I hadn't listened to in...well, ages. I listened to this song endlessly throughout high school, so much so that I couldn't bear to hear it in uni. And now I listen to it, knowing what I know now and remembering those days and those feelings, which still hold sway over me at my weakest moments. It's the closest thing to my 'favourite' song.

Listen as the wind blows
from across the great divide
Voices trapped in yearning
memories trapped in time
The night is my companion
and solitude my guide
Would I spend forever here
and not be satisfied

And I would be the one
to hold you down
kiss you so hard
I'll take your breath away
and after I'd wipe away the tears
Just close your eyes dear

Through this world I've stumbled
so many times betrayed
Trying to find an honest word
to find the truth enslaved
Oh you speak to me in riddles and
you speak to me in rhymes
My body aches to breathe your breath
your words keep me alive

And I would be the one
to hold you down,
kiss you so hard,
I'll take your breath away
and after I'd wipe away the tears,
Just close your eyes dear

Into this night I wander
it's morning that I dread
Another day of knowing of
the path I fear to tread
Oh into the sea of waking dreams
I follow without pride
Nothing stands between us here
and I won't be denied

And I would be the one
to hold you down,
kiss you so hard,
I'll take your breath away
and after I'd wipe away the tears,
Just close your eyes dear...

- Possession by Sarah Mclachlan