IRIS

After a long time, long long long time, happiness came into my life. And it is called R.

I've known many people, and many people who've known many other people. Yet I can say with complete honesty, complete lack of hyperbole, I've never met anyone quite like her.

It takes depth of character to appreciate a depth of character in others, and so in knowing her, mine has been restored. I, like so many across the globes of time and the earth, have lost much. And I declare with complete veracity, it all ended on the day I met her (by chance, as always with these things!!!).

Thank you Vera, for showing me how nice a person can be, even though you be in Riga right now, and probably haven't read this blog even once. And thank you R, for showing me how nice a person can be when he has such a nice person to know.



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Why IRIS? It is, among other things, the title of a song that she gave me, and which has stuck in my mind ever since. This, along with Society, You're a crazy breed, seem to me the truest songs in the world.

It is safe to say that even though I've put the song on repeat on my car's CD player, I cry once every day when I hear it.

So here are the lyrics, I hope someone (maybe charu or even rahul) can appreciate what I found to be wonderful.



And I'd give up forever to touch you
Cause I know that you feel me some how
You're closest thing to heaven that I'll ever been
And I don't want go home right now


And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breath is your life
And sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight

[Chorus]

And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am


And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
All the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movies
Yeah, you bleed just to know you're alive

[Chorus]
And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am


This is the song. Iris, by the Goo Goo dolls. And Though I'd heard it before, I'd never listened.