The Music of the Night

Long time no blog, am I right?

I watched The Phantom of the Opera the other night, and let me tell you man, the music astounds me each time. Truly and honestly. So that being said, I thought I would give you a couple snippets.

Not enough to bore you if you hate them, but enough for me to make my point. There's a very thin line there, and that's where this post is going to fall.

First, from "Music of the Night"

Close your eyes for your eyes will only tell the truth

And the truth isn't what you want to see

In the dark it is easy to pretend

That the truth is what it ought to be

That's kinda deep in and of itself, with or without additional thought. It's like running away from reality. Like dreaming, either day or night.

Sometimes the truth of a matter is hard to deal with, and as such, you don't want to. Close your eyes, and everything disappears for a moment. Reality can be whatever you want for a moment. Granted it'll all go back to being bad when you open your eyes again, but that's life.

Second, from "Think of Me"

Think of me, think of me waking

Silent and resigned

Imagine me trying too hard

To put you from my mind

Recall those days

Look back on all those times

Think of the things we'll never do

There will never be a day

When I won't think of you

This is of course a song regarding love, and a split between two that might have been together, but in the end were not.

I'm not going to delve into this very far, but I can relate. At one time, after a failed attempt at a relationship, I was distraught. Those lyrics pretty accurately describe/d me. That's all.

If I wanted to talk to you further on this subject, I would. So unless I've asked to talk to you about it, I don't want to talk to you about it. That's all.

Third, from "All I Ask of You"

All I want is freedom

A world with no more night

And you, always beside me

To hold me and to hide me

This kind of piggy-backs off of the last one. Almost. And again, I can relate.

All this guy right here wants is freedom. Free to do what I want. Free to listen to what I want. Free to mute people. Free to be with the person I want. Etc.

Oh, and a world with no more night would be fascinating too. Not the literal night of course. No more night as in no more darkness, no more evil, etc.

And ultimately, yeah, I would love to be with my soulmate some time soon. Do I realize that that involves me getting my life together, more so than it is, and getting moving? Heck yes. The thing about that is, when I imagine a soulmate, my mind doesn't jump to a picture of somebody at their worst. It jumps to the parts of the person that I love, and pieces together this mosaic of themselves that I would consider to be the best.

Likewise, somebody out there is looking for me. Not the bad qualities, which often present themselves whenever they can. This person is going to love me for my good traits, and work with me on what bad is left. My job is to bring those good traits to light, perfect them, and deal with what bad traits I have as best I can.

I saw this thing a while ago that said: "I don't deserve her. She deserves better. I will become better."

That's the mindset you gotta have. Don't have a poor self-image, but have a realistic one, and work towards a better you regardless of where you are in your journey.

This kinda rabbit-holed into something bigger than my original intended topic, but either way, it was an important message for me to get across.

If you're satisfied with this post, leave a like.

If you're not satisfied with this post, go read.... "Guess Who's Back. Back Again." That was a really good post. I think.

If you're still not satisfied, go check out "95-ish Theses". Either you'll love it or you'll get triggered, which either way is a win for me. I stand with Override. That's all.

-Dominic Romeo

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