I have been trying to write a love song (I know, really original content), but I really struggled to tell this story without some sort of cliche. It’s hard to express the difficult side of love: the fear, the give-and-take, the selfishness. Then still say why modern, enlightened people choose to do it. Because you can’t just outsource all the things you like about love (or marriage, in my case) and ultimately be fulfilled.
If you have loved someone for years, I respect your courage to be fully present with another person for that long. I tried to write a song that shows love as a choice, a devotion, a constant rearranging to make room for another soul. The way you come to that decision – that is your love story.
image from le love
this is all good and true and hard.
i wonder sometimes if it makes it easier to be able to struggle with it while trying to put it into words, like wouldn’t all the same toughness be there if you weren’t an artist? wouldn’t it just sit and rot for lack of air?
i think it’s good to fight for the words and to, like you say, constantly rearrange for the other person. i can’t wait to hear the song!
love!