Just a few random song-lyric snippets as I sit by the pool, my friends splashing in the water beside me, as I ponder a snap I took at the Alhambra in Granada yesterday…
I am just a poor boy
Though my story’s seldom told
I have squandered my resistance
For a pocket full of mumbles, such are promises
All lies and jests
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest
(“The Boxer” – Lyrics by Paul Simon)
Spend all your time waiting
For that second chance
For a break that would make it okay
There’s always some reason
To feel not good enough
And it’s hard, at the end of the day
I need some distraction
Oh, beautiful release
Memories seep from my veins
(“Angel” – Lyrics by Sarah McLachlan)
There was a time when then was nothing at all
Nothing at all, just a distant hum…
(“Hide and Seek” – Lyrics by Howard Jones)
Once we were standing still, in time
Chasing the fantasies that filled our minds
You knew how I loved you, but my spirit was free
Laughin’ at the questions that you once asked of me
(“Theme from Mahogany” – Lyrics by Gerry Goffin, Michael Masser)
All the times, that I cried
Keeping all the things I knew inside
It’s hard, but it’s harder to ignore it
If they were right, I’d agree
But it’s them you know, not me
Now, there’s a way, and I know that I have to go away
I know, I have to go
(“Father and Son” – Lyrics by Cat Stevens/Yusaf Islam)
Maybe a great magnet pulls
All souls towards truth
Or maybe it is life itself
That feeds wisdom
To its youth
(“Constant Craving” – Lyrics by kd lang, Benjamin Mink)
Looking back, these snippets initially seem to be melancholy, but I find them, in perhaps an odd way, to be full of hope, hinting that what we once were is not what we must always be, and there is great solace in that…
Categories: Reflections
Bonnywood Manor 
I love this, B.
What a gorgeous concept for a post , please do this more often.
And I’ve been to the Alhambra in Granada…it’s mind blowing in its beauty.
Ah… sigh!
You’re so effing lovely
Xxx
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I am greatly honored to be considered effing lovely, truly mean that. And I will try to do more of these.
The Alhambra is just mesmerizingly stunning. I walked around with my mouth hanging open…
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Good songs, I mean great songs that always carry a lesson with them in spite of what time they fall in…jc
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Agreed. The best songs resonate in a timeless way…
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Ah. ❤ Good background music as you ponder that photo. I've never been to Spain (nod to you if you know THAT song, it was a wee bit before your time I think), but I'm experiencing some of it through your photos. Thanks! 🙂
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Yep, I know that song. It’s one of my faves, not just because it mentions Oklahoma, which was stunning and thrilling to hear as I toiled my way through my younger years in that place…
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Great lyrics. Thanks for taking me along with you.
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Happy to do it, as you’re always a lovely traveling companion…
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There IS great solace in that. 🙂
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Indeed. And we find hope where we can…
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This photo is gorgeous!
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Thank you!
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Love the kd lang.
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She is perfection…
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🎵🎶do you know…..where you’re going to, do you like the things that life is showing you?….where are you going to, do you know?🎶🎵
I LOVE THIS POST
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Imagine me as a wee bairn, belting the words as I wore out the 8-track tape…
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I married a guy who finds inspiration and hope in melancholy songs, which means you’re one of the good ones. 👍
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Aww. You punched a perfect button there, you did…
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