My favorite song of his. Watched him perform it a couple of nights ago, he said it was about a girl here in Canberra that whenever he saw her, a spark went off inside, but he knew it would never be. He said it with almost a tear in the eye. I wanted to ask him, "Have you really forgotten her, and will you ever?"
You would think that writing a song about it that you have to sing for the rest of your life will not help him forget, but I think that despite the words in the song, he doesn't ever want to forget, just to let go of the desperation.
As sad and heart felt as this song is, I don't think he will ever forget her, just push the pain deep down and pretend its not there.
I think seato makes a really great point about the paradox in writing a song about forgetting something - which in its essence never lets you forget. I already loved this song, but this comment put it in a new light for me: he can't forget the person, but he can forget that desperate longing for what was never to be.
I think seato makes a really great point about the paradox in writing a song about forgetting something - which in its essence never lets you forget. I already loved this song, but this comment put it in a new light for me: he can't forget the person, but he can forget that desperate longing for what was never to be.
My favorite song of his. Watched him perform it a couple of nights ago, he said it was about a girl here in Canberra that whenever he saw her, a spark went off inside, but he knew it would never be. He said it with almost a tear in the eye. I wanted to ask him, "Have you really forgotten her, and will you ever?"
You would think that writing a song about it that you have to sing for the rest of your life will not help him forget, but I think that despite the words in the song, he doesn't ever want to forget, just to let go of the desperation.
As sad and heart felt as this song is, I don't think he will ever forget her, just push the pain deep down and pretend its not there.
I think seato makes a really great point about the paradox in writing a song about forgetting something - which in its essence never lets you forget. I already loved this song, but this comment put it in a new light for me: he can't forget the person, but he can forget that desperate longing for what was never to be.
I think seato makes a really great point about the paradox in writing a song about forgetting something - which in its essence never lets you forget. I already loved this song, but this comment put it in a new light for me: he can't forget the person, but he can forget that desperate longing for what was never to be.