So High....

git ur mind outta the gutter jo! :o) not high like ganja/vodka high. permit me to explain will ya?

Heard a song today that just took me back. The song touched my soul o, kai! I used to LOOOOOVE this song. I would just put the cd in my discman after work in Boston, then trek the 15min to South Station to take the 6 Train home (to B-ROCK!) along with my fellow captives of the concrete jungle that is the Financial District, with power suit, pearls and Nike sneakers! lol. Anyhoo....whenever this particular song would come on, i'd just get lost in it, in the emotions, in the words, and it would seem that I was floating towards the train station with no cares in mind.

So I haven't listened to that song in forever! Maybe about 3 years? so imagine me randomly going through blogworld and as the page is loading, the song just comes on unexpectedly....immediately it just went straight to my soul. straight. It's weird how that happens and I knew I would try and blog about the feeling because it was so real. Like if you remember the song that was playing when you got your first kiss and the song took away every emotion of the moment and kept it so that everytime it played the harmonies paint the emotions exactly.

Now what was this song??? just guess now................okay. okay. John Legend "So High"....of course! :o) Sometimes you don't know how deep a song is until you try to sing it and sing it with all the emotions of the singer and you realize you have to dig really dip to be able to match the tone. So High is that kind of a song. And then it brought all these feelings like:

"Why have I given up on love?"

The song sounds like a sweet song from another island to me, like a familiar but distant song. That made me sad. I've felt that kind of strong emotion and pull to someone before and I so badly want to feel that way again or want to believe I can feel that way again. That kind of exhilaration or to be so completely enamored by someone, to be so completely lost in someone. To look into someone's face and feel lust, and love, and admiration, and respect, and partnership, and safety, and joy ALL AT THE SAME TIME. Love is truly marvelous and I miss it.

Notice I didn't say relationship. I said love. Some would read this and say oh, Lola's talking about wanting a guy, but no, it's not about that. I can live 1000 years without a "relationship" but I can't live 10 years without love.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

thats so sad that u've given up on love. perhaps it is a question of time with the person u're with or u've not met the right person. whichever way, hold on to love, hold on to the idea of love.

Nigerian Drama Queen said...
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Nigerian Drama Queen said...

I absolutely love that song too
Dont worry,love will find you..or you will find it. Either ways, when that happens, you will realize you never really gave up on it at all...

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Lola said...

@anony - thanks dear! make up a pseudonym will u? OR better yet...start blogging.......... :o)

@nigeriandramaqueen - i don't know if i've given up on the "idea" of love, just of actually finding it again. even though i miss it, miss that feeling...guess i'll just keep working on it!

@natures gentle touch - thanks! oh my, not a hair stylist, but like a personal stylist. I haven't actually done it, just think i'd be really good at it. still i'll check out your blog! thanks for stopping by.