If I were to describe my relationship with Sarah MacLachlan’s music, I’d default to ‘It’s complicated’. Some of her songs—particularly this one—make me feel good about being a man, and want to be a better man; worthy of being one who can instill these kinds of feelings of security and fulfillment within such a beautiful heart. Knowing it’s out there to be found motivates me to keep searching.
But then the song ends, and one of her raw, wounded songs comes on, bringing me face to face with the path of emotional destruction men can sow through a woman’s heart—with mixed messages, half-hearted commitment, or just general obliviousness—and I’m filled with vicarious remorse (maybe not always so vicarious), and think maybe it’s better to not risk it; safer to ‘just be friends’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiztEYuNcuU&list=RDYiztEYuNcuU&start_radio=1
