Filed under: Life in general | Tags: last time, love, lyrics, metaphor, parting, song
I caught a part of a song today on the radio, a female voice singing something like “hold me, like it’s the last time you hold me”. Didn’t particularly like the piece but after a while, I started thinking about just how curious that line actually is. Hold me, like it’s the last time you hold me. I can still remember one occasion like this, holding someone in the dark dorm room for the last time, and it is not a pleasant feeling at all. The momentary denial is being constantly raptured by waves of agony, remorse and prospects of bleak future. The knowing of an end looming above you, the despair, the false hopes… Perhaps I’m just getting old but why would you want a thing like this?
I’m aware that it is perhaps just a metaphor, but in my opinion, it is a rather inconvenient (and cheesy) one. I could understand someone wishing to be held “like the first time”, with all the passion, enthusiasm and prospects, but “like the last time”, with mixture of agony and despair… Beats me.
Would really like to see your comments on this one…
