Fight the New Drug

Fight the New Drug Video: My porn recovery story

***To see my featured talk "How Love Defeats Porn" given at the Catholic Information Center in Washington, D.C. click here. ***

Monday, August 2, 2010

"Forever" by Ben Harper

I'm pretty tired/exhausted from the weekend/all the driving. Finally able to relax in my room, I checked my pants at the door, and flopped on my bed.  After laying for a bit, for some reason, I just wanted to hear "Forever" by Ben Harper.

Maybe it was because it came up in conversation this weekend, as I put it in Kara's card for suggested songs she should download.  It's one of my all-time favorites.

Or maybe it was because this weekend I finally realized I'm not going to see any of my college best friends ever as frequently as I used to these past four years.  And with that realization were my thoughts on the work needed to put in to keep in touch, which came down to prioritizing and realizing who might be the people I want to keep in touch with the most.  And perhaps the people I can't imagine life without, the ones I want to "forever" stay with.  And finally, the sadness and acceptance of the likelihood that this list will become shorter as time goes by.

Or maybe it was because this weekend I've been reminded of all the weddings and engagements that have gone on and will be happening in recent past and near future.  It's almost overwhelming how many there are, and if I really counted it could be more than two hands.  The song is essentially about spending your life forever with someone.  He's asking for a forever, and that "not a day less will do from you."  My favorite line. And that's my prayer to all the newlyweds or soon to be newlyweds.  My prayer is that your marriages will last the kind of forever described in the song.

Here's to:
Mark and Mire
Preston and Kym
Fred and Arlene
JM and Noelle
Tom and Kim
Matt and Nicole
Pop and Letty
Mike and Annie
Evan and Mara
Austin and Allison
John and Chuch
Sarah and Ed
Andrew and Juliana
Casey and Kate

"Forever" by Ben Harper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHzAVDg4m1Q

Not talkin' 'bout a year
no not three or four
I don't want that kind of forever
in my life anymore
forever always seems
to be around when it begins
but forever never seems
to be around when it ends
so give me your forever
please your forever
not a day less will do
from you

People spend so much time
every single day
runnin' 'round all over town
givin' their forever away
but no not me
I won't let my forever roam
and now I hope I can find
my forever a home
so give me your forever
please your forever
not a day less will do
from you

Like a handless clock with numbers
an infinite of time
no not the forever found
only in the mind
forever always seems
to be around when things begin
but forever never seems
to be around when things end
so give me your forever
please your forever
not a day less will do
from you

Amen.

1 comment: