I'll never fall in love again

And there you have one of my all time favourite songs!

Not because I am never gonna fall in love again (who am I to know that now?)

Not because the melody is so great (though it is)

Not because the instruments blend so well (I am not even sure about that)

Not because the artist(s) are doing it so good (there are several good versions)

Not because the text is so fantastic (though it is, really)

No. Just because I love the Carpenters and their version is my favourite version of all. Still, I will put up some alternative versions. Because YOU might prefer another one and that is your good right. The thing here is though: MY BLOG,

MY CHOICE!

The first one (that - like the others - I do NOT own) is with lyrics.

My all time favourite

very good second

I only just discovered this version. Great. So off to the next:

Bobby Gentry. I like this version two, though the sound quality here is not too great. Still, it is nice.

What I do like? It may be a negative text to begin with, but the music is actually upbeat and happy. It is not lie really, these things can happen of course. BUT, it can all happen the other way round as well. This is about, when it gets wrong.

So, this is a "howl along, when this happened to you" and afterwards you can't help to feel at least a little better. Because you sang the wrongs out of your soul.

And then, you get to the last verse and that goes:

What do you get, when you fall in love? You only get lies and pain and sorrow.

So for at least until tomorrow I'll never fall in love. So: "never" does not have  a very long duration. Even if it seems so at the moment.

This song also reminds us, that we are still persons of ourselves. Being in a realtionship does mean, one is part of a double, yes. It does NOT mean, one gives up ones own personality. It is like Yin and Yang: two opposites (sort of) make a whole. Both sides are needed to make a relationship whole and if it broke up, that is no sign, that one isn't whole again. Just not part of that two person group. But you go in whole and individual. You come out like that. It only does not feel like it, to begin with. 

This song helps to remind you, that you are a person. And you are free again, if the relationship wasn't good. So you can start fresh. It is a win really. You just have to get to the point.

So: at least until tomorrow: let it all out and then pick yourself up, dust yourself off: start all over again. Where did I hear that?

Oh, there... :)