Current mood:	tired
Current music:	Orion - Rodrigo Y Gabriela (Metallica)
Entry tags:	love, most valuable music

MVM #4
Week three can be found here.

So there is an interesting turn of events this week.
My most listened to track is an instrumental track with no lyrics! This is most likely because I have taken to listening to instrumental music rather than music with lyrics while I'm studying. If you are wondering, the track is El Zopilote Mojado, by DevotchKa. If you would like to to hear (and I would recommend you do), drop me your email address and I'll send it.
My second most listened to track, with 19 plays for an average of 2.7 plays per day, is

Stronger Than Jesus - A Camp

Who told you love is the Alfa and Omega?
And that your heart will lead you to the only one?
It’s a curse, it’s the hammer that will break you,
It’s a poison hidden in a bon bon

Don’t you know love is stronger than Jesus?
Don’t you know love can kill anyone?
Bring it on; wars and diseases
You know that love can do you like a shotgun

Can’t resist them, the sailors and the soldiers
Taking aim, a rabbit on a rifle range
Pay no mind to what your mama told you
You’re the fool who’s chasing down the candy cane

it’s a riddle how lovers can stay alive
but we bloom and breathe and multiply

Don’t you know love is stronger than Jesus?
Don’t you know love can kill anyone?
So bring it on; wars and diseases
You know that love can do you like a shotgun

o, oh no
o, oh no

See the people heading for disaster
standing in line just looking for a little fun
love is a fire, a hot hot blaster
with a vengeance burning in the Kongo sun

We’ll believe there’s trust in strangers
any monkey looking like a saviour
It’s a riddle how
we’re still living now
Oh, how little we know, oh

Don’t you know love is stronger than Jesus?
Don’t you know love can kill anyone?
so bring it on; wars and diseases
You know that love can do you like a shotgun




So the first time I heard this song, it really grabbed me. First of all, the phrase "stronger than Jesus" is a real mind-blower, even if you're not Christian, because Christ is built up to be this all-powerful super being, so anything stronger than that is crazy. Though I think this is more in reference to the fact that the feeling of love is stronger than the idea of Christianity, or morals even. Love is probably one of the strongest, basest, most primal things that human beings can feel.

The entire song is basically telling you that while love is a wonderful thing, love kills. People do kill for love (Shakespeare), people die for love (Shakespeare, old couples), people will do anything in the name of love. This song especially makes me think of unrequited love, in that if you love someone and they don't love you back, what do you do? Sometimes that feeling is almost like you're going to die, even though, logically, you know you can get up and keep going, even though it doesn't feel like it.

I would say ... that I listened to this song a lot this week especially because I'm thinking about a certain someone a lot. Since this is one of my public entries, I won't elaborate on the extreme off chance he could be reading. If you want to see more analysis on that front, you'll have to add me as your friend!

This also makes me think of all the times I've been rejected, as sad as that sounds. Love is an extremely hard thing to get right.