Monday, 18 May 2009

looking at all or nothing babe it`s you and i


in time we'll find this was no surprise

the ideal love song (quite unlike love story which feels to fairtale-ish) and the perfect break-up song.

it has been said that songs are the poetry of today, with a tune (some poems were written to be sung anyway).

the beauty of poetry lies in its subtle yet deliberate presentation of the subject matter, through the poet's chosen style, form, techniques and diction.

each poem is elegant, conveying the poet's thoughts and prose, and in comparison, common prose appears to become cumbersome and crude with the restrictions of grammar and linguistics and its explicitness.

nothing too cryptic about all or nothing but it does tell of a beautiful love story, from the first meeting the lovers ending up tying the knot.

and the notion of all or nothing in a relationship is indeed something to ruminate upon, the idea of giving, and sharing, everything that one has, and is, with another is something not to be taken lightly.

all or nothing means that the relationship is no fling, it has marriage in mind (after all "social norms" dictates that marriage is the 'all' in most relationships - "social norms" is a hotly debated term but that's writing for another post), and even beyond that, it has forever in mind - forever in the most conservative sense of the word - or nothing at all.

you and i will be a tough act to follow but i know in time we'll find this was no surprise

oh and as for no surprise, pretty clear cut here: it's just a break up song that sounds good.

matt,
21:36:00