Saturday, September 25, 2010

Who's gonna drive you home tonight?

Who's gonna tell you when... It's too late
Who's gonna tell you things... Aren't so great
You can't go on
Thinking nothing's wrong
Who's gonna drive you home tonight

Who's gonna pick you up... When you fall
Who's gonna hang it up... When you call
Who's gonna pay attention... To your dreams
Who's gonna plug their ears... When you scream
You can't go on
Thinking nothing's wrong
Who's gonna drive you home tonight

Who's gonna hold you down... When you shake
Who's gonna come around... When you break
You can't go on
Thinking nothing's wrong
Who's gonna drive you home tonight

"Drive" - The Cars

Today marks the day that I return to life as a single man - a day that I never thought I would see... Certainly not 492 days after I stood in that church and said those vows to her. The days of analyzing, trying to figure out what went wrong, and whatever else are over - time to shake hands and move on.

If there is anything that I am going to wonder, it is this:
Who that person is that will fulfill her needs... keep her satisfied, keep her happy.

Certainly no easy task - I am living proof of someone who tried and didn't fair so well.

One day sooner or later I will get back some sense of a normal life without thinking about you, and maybe we can truly be those friends that you say you want us to be.

In the meantime, I truly hope you find someone to drive you home.

I'm officially in another car now.

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Nothing Left to Say

When I first heard this song, I thought it was another great song by a group I have come to love over the years. Today as I have realized that I will be soon joining the ranks of the failed marriage statistics in this country, Pandora continues to amaze me playing this song... reminds me of the old Tom Joyner bit "Howdoitknow"... I was brought to tears listening to the words as they almost seemed as if someone was following us around and writing a song about our relationship.

I truly hoped and prayed that our marriage would be able to get past our issues with each other and grow into a thriving relationship. Now that it has become apparent that one has become two again it is my hope that all of our well-wishers for us when we started our life together will remain as enthusiastic as we end our life together.

Other than that, there's nothing left to say.

Love was so strong
At least at the beginning
Who wouldve thought
There'd ever be an ending
We had it all
But it's like we've run into a wall

Now we try to talk
But just end up fighting
Try making up
But there's just no denying
Just ain't the same no more
What are we putting ourselves through all this for

You talk and hear me
But you can't communicate
Cause you're not listening
Know these are two different things
Now I see what it means to have been
Blinded by the one you love so deeply
Cause,

The very things that made me love you
Are the things pushing me away now
In tears we stand here
With nothing left to say

And all I could do for you
I should've done before now
In tears we stand here
There's nothing, nothing left to say

You touched my heart
And were so givin
Spirit so free
You threw me in it
I fell so deep
I could not see my life
Without you in it

Girl you gave me
A lot of attention
Somehow the feeling turned
Into crazy possessive
It was always there
But I didn't look deeper
If I would've I'da seen the limits

You talk and hear me
But you can't communicate
Cause you're not listening
Know these are two different things
Now I see what it means to have been
Blinded by the one you love so deeply

I had my pride girl
And you had your pain
So deep inside you
Wanted to have your say
Irritated, frustrated and third baby
This is so confusing
Girl I though this was the one thing for sure

The very things that made me love you
Are the things pushing me away now
In tears we stand here
With nothing left to say

And all I could do for you
I should've done before now
In tears we stand here
There's nothing left to say

Nothing
Nothing
Nothing
Nothing

Wish I had more words
To try and encourage
Us to find a way
Cause there's nothing left to say

The very things that made me love you
Are the things pushing me away now
In tears we stand here
With nothing left to say

And all I could do for you
I should've done before now
In tears we stand here
There's nothing left to say

Things that made me love you
Are the things pushing me away now
In tears we stand here
With nothing left to say

And all I could do for you
I should've done before now
In tears we stand here
There's nothing left to say

Baby, there's nothing left to say

Consider yourself free...

Dedicated to you know who.

Free, free, set them free
Free, free, set them free
Free, free, set them free

If you need somebody
Call my name
If you want someone
You can do the same
If you want to keep something precious
You got to lock it up and throw away the key
If you want to hold onto your possession
Don't even think about me

If you love somebody
If you love someone
If you love somebody
If you love someone, set them free
Set them free
Set them free
Set them free

If it's a mirror you want
Just look into my eyes
Or a whipping boy
Someone to despise
Or a prisoner in the dark
Tied up in chains you just can't see
Or a beast in a gilded cage
That's all some people ever want to be

If you love somebody
If you love someone
If you love somebody
If you love someone, set them free
Set them free
Set them free
Set them free

You can't control an independent heart
Can't tear the one you love apart
Forever conditioned to believe that we can't live
We can't live here and be happy with less
So many riches
So many souls
With everything we see that we want to possess

If you need somebody
Call my name
If you want someone
You can do the same
If you want to keep something precious
You got to lock it up and throw away the key
You want to hold onto your possession
Don't even think about me

If you love somebody
If you love someone
If you love somebody
If you love someone, set them free
Set them free
Set them free
Set them free
Set them free