This post was originally published somewhere else on July 12th, 2015 (ten years ago, basically).
I just remembered it because the song came to my mind today. And then, rereading it, I was “surprised”, ‘cause last Saturday I remembered this movie as well (after hearing about Orpheus and Eurydice’s myth, and also thinking about Dante’s Divine Comedy).
// Nowadays, and many disappointments later, this text hits even deeper.
A reflection that started before that, but was only “formally” set on March 30th (2015), around 19h50.
“Find me”. Isn’t that ironic?
It is a song that left no traces; no download links available, no lyrics, and barely any references to it. The band doesn’t even exist anymore**. It’s almost as if it had never existed.
But it did. It still does.
Not only when I listen to it (and it’s still a wonder to have it — especially since you simply can’t find it anywhere else); it is quite alive when I sing it, or even when I remember it.
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Maybe it’s like a riddle: it’s someone (a really “beaten-up” someone) telling another person (probably a — or THE — loved one) that they hope the other will find them, no matter what. They just pray the other will find the road that leads to them (and who doesn’t?!).
… and the first obstacle is actually finding the song.
It made me remember What Dreams May Come (1998) as well. This movie is like a distant memory from my childhood — as a dream would be. In it, Robin Williams goes after his wife, even in hell.
Even after death.
He tries to find her, despite… well, despite everything.
And he does.
Anyways, this song is not just “out there”. But, as some things and some people, it is still somewhere to be found.
(And any of these quests may be more than worthwhile.)
*The muffled sound is a special offer from one of our city’s official sponsors, Mr. Rainy.
**It still does, actually, but with a different name (Paper Lions).
