Dear Shirley:

Regarding your second post today- I googled the lyrics of one of the songs you listed, my comments in parantheses:

“”When I’m Gone”

There’s another world inside of me
That you may never see (So let me show you this other world in me…)
There’re secrets in this life
That I can’t hide (So I will not try to hide them anymore. Let me tell you my secrets.)
Somewhere in this darkness
There’s a light that I can’t find
Maybe it’s too far away…(The light switch is not outside of me, but in between my ears…)
Or maybe I’m just blind…(most people are.. let me turn the light switch and see what I need to see…)

Or maybe I’m just blind…

[Chorus]
So hold me when I’m here (I do need comfort)
Right me when I’m wrong (no, no, with all respect, you are not my authority on what is right and wrong)
Hold me when I’m scared (I need to be held when scared; we all do)
And love me when I’m gone (love me when I am here, better yet)
Everything I am
And everything in me
Wants to be the one
You wanted me to be (no, everything I am, I was from the beginning, nothing to do with you)
I’ll never let you down (yes, I will, unfortunately- none of us is perfect, not evey you)
Even if I could
I’d give up everything (no I won’t)
If only for your good (our relationship has to be Win-Win; I don’t give up everything (lose) so you can win)
So hold me when I’m here (please do)
Right me when I’m wrong (no, you are not my authority on what is wrong)
You can hold me when I’m scared (please do and I will hold you when you are scared)
You won’t always be there
So love me when I’m gone

Love me when I’m gone…(love somebody when I am gone, keep loving)

…

That was.. my education x ray of this song so far…

You wrote about this song the following: “We are taught to be tough, to be athletic, to make money and not to just be healthy and be ourselves. We are taught about being glamorous for the world to see, not realizing what we truly hold on the inside, our true happiness is what matters.” The world markets happiness as material goods, looks, fame… and of course, these do not bring happiness to a troubled person. better fix the trouble in between the ears. Money, material good, looks… the “right weight”, the right job, the right income… none of these will please the inner bully that rains on our parade regardless of our circumstances.

You wrote: “sometimes what the world wants isn’t what we want and sometimes we need less pressure from society so we can focus on who we truly are. I think this is why I don’t want physical love unless that person can really see who I truly am as a person, a spiritual being..” I support you, Earth Angel.

anita