The Scientest was everywhere in 2002. As I embarked on a new beginning - buying my first home with my then-husband - those chords played steadily in the background, quietly insisting that something was amiss, bringing a ringing sadness to my breast, and springing hot tears into my eyes at odd times. I didn't know what was wrong, but I felt mournful every time I heard these words:
Nobody said it was easy
It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard
Oh, take me back to the start!
I shook these feelings violently away, not knowing what they meant. Take me back to the start? Why were these words so haunting?
Eventually I zeroed in on what I feared: the end of my marriage. After this realization, I whispered along with the song almost as it it were a prayer. "Oh, take me back to the start!" Things were so much easier back then! Couldn't we return to those days? Please?
It's a faded memory now. The longing and sorrow and mourning is gone... though hearing this song brings it back just a little bit.
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