all i want in life’s a little bit of love to take the pain away
this one’s sweetness, bitter sweetness, ache and want and sorrow and mischievous hope.
“i’ve been told / only fools rush in / only fools rush in / but i / can’t believe / i can’t believe / i could still fall in love with you”
and then moving to the kind of grandiose declarations i like, sung slow and deliberate and determined—
“i / will love you / till i die / and i will / love you / all / the time”
while the background floats and surges and squeaks and swells—
“and float / in space / and drift / in time.”
i don’t remember where it came from. i can’t remember when that was. but it’s deep under the ribcage and in a strange twist, i have a weird version that isn’t available for streaming and (of course) i greatly prefer. apparently from the vanilla sky movie but not the official soundtrack. so here’s a weird video for the movie: