Seal’s “Love’s Divine” came out in 2003, but I didn’t pick up on it until the end of 2004. At which point I was faced with a terrible football situation, a terrible political situation, a job that was teetering on the edge of viability, and all the whiplash that goes along with packing up your life and moving 3000 miles away to make a fresh start. And yet, despite everything, I wasn’t falling apart. Largely because I knew I still had a whole lot of future in front of me, and a wedding on the way, and somebody who would prop me up the whole time…
don’t bend (don’t bend)
don’t break (don’t break)
show me how to live and promise me you won’t forsake
’cause love can help me know my name…
(NB: if you haven’t seen the pattern yet, just wait…)