October 19, 2010

Meat Loaf (And not the one that you eat, although you could if he let you get close enough...)

Today being Monday, brought much work for me to do and so I brought out my iPod since I move faster with music in my ear. I wasn't paying attention to what was playing when the following set of lyrics caught my interest and made me stop and listen. In fact, I actually had to rewind it and listen again:

"On a hot summer night.
Would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses?
Will he offer me his mouth?
Yes
Will he offer me his teeth?
Yes
Wlll he offer me his jaws?
Yes
Will he offer me his hunger?
Yes
Again. Will he offer me his hunger?
Yes
And will he starve without me?
Yes
And does he love me?
Yes
Yes
On a hot summer night.
Would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses?
Yes
I bet you say that to all the boys."

I'm not sure why this caught my ear, but it very much so struck a cord within me and I thought about what my answer would be if this were asked of me. Actually, there was no thought. The first feeling when I heard it was a resounding YES! Although the last sentence is untrue for me, the rest of it struck home with a ferocity I was very surprised about and so I felt I should put it here. Why? I don't know. Just a feeling.

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