More time of reflection this Tuesday evening. Cleaning out a few more drawers left behind after the move out. Two things made me think about the past all too much, I found a DVD in the camera I was giving away, which had videos from Disney Paris and touring Paris in 2008. The other was some clothes I had purchased for the first cold Chicago in 2006. The ending of the video clips is my return to ORD for the last time, when I had to connect down to Atlanta for a work meeting. The camera recorded until I could not be seen anymore passing into security, on Mama United. That was the last time I flew in and out of Chicago as a residence of the state of Illinois. Seeing the video, laughter at Disney Paris, walking the streets of Paris, the Eiffel Tower, a flood of more memories. Everything happens for a reason, but sometimes the sting still comes back. A few of the shirts will remain in the dresser for now.
Many video clips are out there for Adele’s “Someone Like You” but this particular one has her singing at home and explaining her frame of mind when she wrote the song. The song was the last written for her latest CD. While most reference her other songs on 21 because popularity but this one is beautiful. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
One of the most powerful stanza in the song I identified to is below. No worries no cares, bittersweet in the end and wish you best.
Nothing compares
No worries or cares
Regrets and mistakes
They are memories made.
Who would have known
How bittersweet this would taste?
“Someone Like You”
I heard
That you’re settled down
That you Found a girl
And you’re
Married now
I heard
That your dreams came true.
Guess she gave you things
I didn’t give to you
Old friend
Why are you so shy?
Ain’t like you to hold back
Or hide from the light
I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited
But I couldn’t stay away, I couldn’t fight it.
I had hoped you’d see my face and that you’d be reminded
That for me it isn’t over
Never mind
I’ll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
“Don’t forget me,” I begged
“I’ll remember,” you said
“Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead.”
Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead,
Yeah.
You know how the time flies
Only yesterday
It was the time of our lives
We were born and raised
In a summer haze
Bound by the surprise
Of our glory days
I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited
But I couldn’t stay away, I couldn’t fight it.
I had hoped you’d see my face and that you’d be reminded
That for me it isn’t over.
Never mind
I’ll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
“Don’t forget me,” I begged
“I’ll remember,” you said
“Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead.”
Nothing compares
No worries or cares
Regrets and mistakes
They are memories made.
Who would have known
How bittersweet this would taste?
Never mind
I’ll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
“Don’t forget me,” I begged
“I’ll remember,” you said
“Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead”
Never mind
I’ll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
“Don’t forget me,” I begged
“I’ll remember,” you said
“Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead”
Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead