Cinderella

I love music. I love the lyrics the best. One of my fave songs is "Insensitive" by Jann Arden. I totally know exactly where that song is coming from and have lived it a few times. Just to give you some of the lyrics (ok all of them!):

How do you cool your lips after a summer's kiss?
How do you rid the sweat after the body bliss?
How do you turn your eyes from the romantic glare?
How do you block the sound of a voice you'd know anywhere?

Oh I really should have known by the time you drove me home
By the vagueness in your eyes, your casual good-byes.
By the chill in your embrace and the expression on your face
That told me maybe you might have some advice to give
On how to be Insensitive.

How do you numb your skin after the warmest touch?
How do you slow your blood after the body rush?
How do you free your soul after you've found a friend?
How do you teach your heart it's a crime to fall in love again?
Oh you probably won't remember me, it's probably ancient history
I'm one of the chosen few who went ahead and fell for you.
I'm out of vogue, I'm out of touch, I fell too fast, I feel too much.
I thought that you might have some advice to give
On how to be Insensitive.

Oh I really should have known by the time you drove me home,
By the vagueness in your eyes, your casual good-byes.
By the chill in your embrace and the expression on your face
That told me maybe you might have some advice to give
On how to be Insensitive.

How do you cool your lips after a summer's kiss?
How do you rid the sweat after the body bliss?
How do you turn your eyes from the romantic glare?
How do you block the sound of a voice you'd know anywhere?
Oh I really should have known by the time you drove me home,
By the vagueness in your eyes, your casual good-byes.
By the chill in your embrace and the expression on your face
That told me maybe you might have some advice to give
On how to be Insensitive.

How do you numb your skin after the warmest touch?
How do you slow your blood after the body rush?
How do you free your soul after you've found a friend?
How do you teach your heart it's a crime to fall in love again?
Oh you probably won't remember me, it's probably ancient history,
I'm one of the chosen few who went ahead and fell for you.
I'm out of vogue, I'm out of touch, I fell too fast, I feel too much.
I thought that you might have some advice to give
On how to be Insensitive.

Oh I really should have known by the time you drove me home
By the vagueness in your eyes, your casual good-byes.
By the chill in your embrace and the expression on your face
That told me maybe you might have some advice to give
On how to be Insensitive.


Relationships. Everyone wants to know about them. Everyone wants to read about them. Everyday people ask me if I am dating, who I am dating...children? married? divorced? Everyone is so interested in relationships in general. So that is why I am writing this blog. It makes for better reading! :) It's what we thrive on. After all, it IS what makes the world go round. I recently changed my facebook status to "in a relationship". I have done this before but did not expect the turn out from this last relationship status. Calls, texts, emails, Im's, and voicemails flooded me for a few days. I didn't realize how much people were interested in my love life until now. Truthfully, they probably aren't interested in me just the idea of a new relationship. Of course, I can't say this about all of them ,but some, anyway. Its the beginning of wonderful dreams, hopes, and expectations that maybe life will turn into a fairy tale of sorts for SOMEBODY! The truth is that we are all human. We will let down the other person and be let down several times in any relationship. So why do we believe in fairy tales if we know they will never completely come true? I think that the idea of a modern day relationship is such chaos. The older I get, the harder it is to find a man who will truly respect me. It seemed that when I was younger, relationships were so easy. One Word: JADED! ( Not me, of course. Them! :) Men, I believe, are in the same predicament. Women are so independent ( I know, because I am one of those women) and it is hard to let the man be who he is in a relationship. I think it is imperative for each to be who they were meant to be without overstepping the boundaries of the other party. Women should be able to speak their mind and be who they are with the understanding that a man needs to be a man and truly wants to take care of a woman. This shouldn't make a woman feel inferior but rather loved and protected. I can think back to relationships where I didn't want to be taken care of because I was "woman enough" to take care of myself. Hind sight is 20/20 and I now can see how much that person loved me. Even as I am writing this, I realize how old fashioned this sounds but I really do believe that it makes for the best relationships. I didn't say I did it! I don't believe that Cinderella was completely from a woman's point of view. I believe it was also from the man's point of view as well. A man was made to be a protector and provider, not to be talked down to by a woman. I definetely don't believe that a man should talk down to a woman and I see it every single day!! I don't believe that all men want to be in a relationship. Many couldn't care less about them. One day they will though. Hopefully. Life is too short. This is one reason I love marriages that have lasted 30 years or more. I admire the dedication, commitment, and love that hopefully still lasts in these marriages.


So I am not real sure what my song had to do with this post. Other than I love it!!


~ciao