Song In My Head

"Somewhere Only We Know" - Keane

I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river and it made me complete

Oh simple thing where have you gone
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

I came across a fallen tree
I felt the branches of it looking at me
Is this the place we used to love?
Is this the place that I've been dreaming of?

Oh simple thing where have you gone
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

And if you have a minute why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know?

[break]

Oh simple thing where have you gone
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

So if you have a minute why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
So why don't we go

This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know?

Whenever I think of love and being together, of the work that's needed to keep things fresh and moving forward and out of the rut of familiarity... I find myself being so thankful for my wife. We've been through our stuff, and we've been through it together. When we've needed to talk, when we've needed to get it all out - for the most part, we've done that. We've worked through things, we've put up with stuff, we've grown and gotten to know each other in new and deeper ways.

This song, somehow, just reminded me of our weekend together. Finding a "place only we know", not because the end is near but because it's worth the work and the effort and the time to get away and just enjoy being together. There are things we know that we'll never ever share, things that make us laugh and cry and giggle and get furious - all that is "the story of us", something "only we know" and only we're able to walk out. The line above - "So tell me when you're gonna let me in \ I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin" - is the best conversation starter in the world sometimes. Working it out together, even when it takes awhile, even without words - whatever it takes, move forward and press through, because you're the only ones who can.

It's valentine's day - and I'm very very thankful for my valentine... in ways "only we know".