“…Make It A Point To Remember Them. If You Remember My Name, You Pay Me A Subtle Compliment. You Indicate That I Have Made An Impression On You. Remember My Name And You Add To My Feeling Of Importance.”
—DALE CARNEGIE
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The Song Stuck In My Head??? “I Need To Be Cleansed… It’s Time To Make Amends… For All Of The Fun… The Damage Is Done…” –DEPECHE MODE’s “TO HAVE And TO HOLD” (1987)
“…I Feel Diseased…
…I’m Down On My Knees…
…I Need Forgiveness…
…Someone To Bear Witness…
…To The Goodness Within…
…Beneath The Sin…
…Although I May Flirt…
…With All Kinds Of Dirt…
…To The Point Of Disease…
…I Want Release…
…All This Decay…
…Take It Away…
…And Somewhere…
…There’s Someone Who Cares…
…With A Heart Of Gold…
…TO HAVE And TO HOLD.”
“TO HAVE And TO HOLD” Is Off DEPECHE MODE‘s 1987 Album “MUSIC For The MASSES” !!!
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I Have Mentioned This Song…
“TO HAVE And TO HOLD“
by DEPECHE MODE
…Before, But I Honestly Didn’t Tell You WHY It’s Important To Me.
It’s Pretty Easy To See Why This Song Is Stuck In My Head.
Right???
Yes, It’s A Personal Favorite.
Yes, It’s (admittedly) NOT Everyone’s Cup’O’Tea.
It’s Slow.
It’s Quirky.
It’s Dark.
BUT…
…It’s Also Amazingly Beautiful…
…And Brilliant…
…And Simple…
…And Profound.
It’s A Song That Has Stayed Close To My Heart Seemingly Forever.
Since I Was A Teenager, Anyway.
I Know All The Words By Heart AND By Head.
During My Roughest Patches, This Song Was A Savior.
It ALWAYS Said What I Couldn’t.
I Listened To It Over AND Over.
I Did.
Hell, I Did Right Before I Decided To Write About It.
Yeah, I Can Be A “Moody Bitch”…
…And This Song Helps Carry Me Through All Of It.
It’s One Of Those Songs That Brings A Mental AND Emotional Change.
It Does.
It Carries Me, At Times.
And, I Always Come Out On The Other Side.
Usually Damaged.
But, Always Still Alive.
I’d Say That’s Good Enough.
This Song…
“TO HAVE And TO HOLD“
by DEPECHE MODE
…Has, At Times, Kept Me Alive.
It Expresses Itself Sooo Much.
So Much So, In Fact, It Takes Care Of A LOT Of MY Expressing.
It’s So Much Easier To Calm Down When You Have A Song That Feels So Deeply.
You Become Helpless In Its Grasp.
You Get Lost For A Moment.
Just Long Enough To Calm Your Ass Down, Ya Know?!
It Rarely Fails.
Don’t Worry, My Peeps, It’s VERY Safe To ENJOY The Song.
Just Be Careful Where You Sing It Out-Loud.
Other People Will Always Give You That Look As If You’ve Got Some Serious Problems.
Pfft.
What Do They Know, Anyway?!
😉 😀 😉
How Important Is FORGIVENESS???
In Short…
…It Means The World At That Time.
The Point I Wish To Make With This Post Is That FORGIVENESS May Mean Life.
At Least, Now It Does.
I Was Forgiven For An Exceptional Injustice.
I Was Shocked.
I Was Amazed.
I Didn’t Feel I Deserved It…
…But I Got It.
To Be Forgiven By Another Is One Thing.
To Forgive One’s Self Is Totally Another.
He Forgave Me, Yet I Can’t Seem To Do The Same For Myself.
I Wish I Could Go Back.
I Wish I Could Stop What I Did Before It Ever Happened.
(((Side Note: I'd Cry, But I'm So Sick Right Now I Can Barely Write.)))
I Was So SO Foolish, And He Deserved Sooo Much More.
Much Better Than I Gave Him.
I Know The Eventual Outcome Wasn’t My Fault.
It Was A Moment Of Pure Stupidity On His Part.
But, That Doesn’t Change How I Feel.
I Wish It Did, But It Didn’t.
I’ve Been Sick, Since.
Since The Forgiveness.
It Just Doesn’t Feel Right.
I Wish He’d Ripped Me A New One.
I Wish He’d Dropped The Bomb On Me.
But, He Didn’t.
He Told Me I Shouldn’t Feel The Blame.
He Told Me That It Wasn’t My Fault.
That It’s Nothing I Should Ever Worry Myself About.
But, I Can’t Do That.
I Try Try TRY…
…But I Can’t Do It.
God How I Wish I Could.
I Think My Life Would Be A Lot Different Had I Sucked-It-Up And Carried-On.
But, I Didn’t.
I Let It Eat At Me.
I Let It Destroy Me.
I Let It…
…I Let it…
…I Let It.
Ya Know What, Screw This Post.
I Have So Much I Want To Say…
…Yet Know I’ll Never Be Able To.
So I’ll End This Here.
Just Know, My Peeps, That You Are Loved AND Cared About Deeply.
If I’ve Wronged You…
…I’m Sorry.
I Tend To Rub People The Wrong Way, Which Is Why I’m Apologizing.
I Can Only Hope That…
…With TIME And PATIENCE…
…I’ll Be Able To Get Beyond All Of This.
This Blog Post Is Evidence Of That.
I’m Trying To Move Beyond This, Kids.
Perhaps, One Day, I’ll Be Able To Do So.
Perhaps.
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