’LOVE: The irresistable desire to be irresistibly desired.’ said Mark Twain. And so true. Love is such so gentle and at the same time the most powerful of emotions, that can make you transform into a person whom you never thought existed! Love gives life a new meaning.even when you are lost in the dark labryinths of life, what gives hope is the solidity of love.
I have decided to inteweave the best of love quotes with my favorite love songs, because songs are afterall fine poems set to music. In case of love songs, the lyrics convey meaning to the song.
’Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and a richness to life that nothing else can bring.’ - Oscar Wilde.
Love songs over decades and decades have tried to capture the essence of the quote above. what is this intangible feeling.the emotion that makes you cry and laugh, that touches you and moves away .and one of my favorite songs has been ’ Groovy Kind of love’ by Phil Collins.
’ When I am feeling blue.
All I have to do .is take a look at you
Then I am not so blue
When you are close to me,
I can feel your heartbeat,
I can hear you breathing in my ears.’
The beautiful lyrics, the lilting music and the soft voice of Phil create an atmosphere which is infinitely romantic.
Another all time favorite is Annie’s song by John Denver:
’You fill up my senses, like a night in the forest
Like a mountain in springtime, like a walk in the rain,
Like a storm in the desert, like a sleepy blue ocean.’
What is it about the person that makes life stands still? That makes your heart race? That makes you feel like a warm cocoon even when in a crowd.
One of the best songs which speak about heartbreak, about passion, about misery in love is Sinead O Connor’s Nothing Compares to you.
’.since you’ve been gone I can do whatever I want.
I can see whoever I choose
I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant
But nothing I say nothing can take away these blues.
Cos nothing compares, nothing compares to you!’
The simple quote by Cinderella somehow captures the essence of love when she says:
*’Do you love me because I am beautiful,
or am I beautiful because you love me?’*
Another love song which touches the heart is Shania Twain’s hit’You are still the one.’ I think every girl would wish to say these words to her beloved. Love is not love which is momentary.true love is timeless and stregthens every day.Wouldnt it be wonderful to fall in love with the same guy over and over again?
’Looks like we made it, look how far we’ve come
my baby
It might have took a long wait, but we knew we’d
get there someday.
.But just look at us holding on, we re
still together still going strong.
You’re still the one I run to, the one I belong to.
You’re still the one I want for life!’
This song became a favorite the first time I heard it .Boyzone have sung this lilting song beautifully:
’Smile an everlasting smile,
a smile can bring you near to me
Dont ever let me find you gone.
.Its only wrods, and words are all I have
To take your heart away!’
You dont need expensive gifts and good looks to win someone. Simple, sincere heart-felt words can bring the greatest joys to your life!
I end my review by quoting Leo Buscaglia, who talks of the simplicity and the complexity of this sublime emotion!
*’Perfect love is rare indeed -
for to be a lover will require that you continually
have the subtlety of the very wise,
the flexibility of the child, the sensitivity of the artist,
the understanding of the philosopher, the acceptance of the saint,
the tolerance of the scholar and the fortitude of the certain.’*