I Love This Song 1.0

“I’ll Be Your Lover Too” – Van Morrison

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It enters the room. Bold in its tenderness. Gently demanding my attention. He tickles the guitar with vigor. Moody drums, lightly dusting the high hat. Then he begins…singing. Honey flavor brandy and cigarette tinged moans. There is a rich longing in his tone. He is professing his duty to her. Honoring her place and proclaiming his. A full pledge of truth through understanding. An open armed invitation into his kingdom. Adorning her with a crown. Though lost in her gaze he steadies himself with the promise to protect and love her.

He and the music are reminiscent of a seasoned married couple. Completely yielding one to another. Each understanding the ways of the other. Never overstepping, a dual individual moving unit. It’s amazing the way they embrace. So careful not to taint the others purpose. Cautious in the way they allow each other to exist in their own right. I am merely an onlooker. A privileged passerby. If I wasn’t observant I would have completely missed their independence. While the beauty is made full through their union, I had to acknowledge their autonomy.

He is no dream merchant. She is the dream. She is the fulfillment. She is the embodiment. She is the purpose for his tone, the marriage of the instruments and his voice. She is the catalyst of the masculine tenderness, this manly vulnerability.

I can never listen to this song just once. It bears repeating. Please partake patiently and without distraction. Walk through its open door, settle into it and stay a little while.

Peace and blessings,
Mykisha