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Thread started 09/12/04 1:46am

ronniedarko

"I Will"

I saw that someone posted that they liked this song a few days ago.

Just to get this off of my chest...I never really thought of this song until one particular day...

I had visited my hometown after about three years. Everytime I go home, I make it a point to visit the cemetery where my mother is buried (she died in the early 70's when I was 6 yrs old). This time was no different. I go to the grave, say a little prayer, and think/meditate a little. Then I get up and leave after wondering what I'd be like today had my mother not died when she did. The last time I cried over her was so long ago, I can't remember.

I get in my car and drive away. Chaos and Disorder was in the CD player, and "Into The Light" was playing. I thought nothing of it.
"I Will" begins to play. Then the guitar solo kicks in. All of a sudden, without even thinking about it, I understand both songs..."Into THe Light" specifically, and start crying uncontrollably. So much so that I couldn't drive. I start the songs over and the emotions just take over....everything I seemed to have been feeling about her death seemed to surface all at one time, on the side of a winding road, listening to both songs, I cried hard for what seemed like an hour.
I'm writing this now, as I'm packing and came across my mother's obituary. Again, when I find it, "I Will" is playing in my headphones. I could feel the emotions welling within me, but suppress them...I feel that if I let go, everytime I hear the songs I'll be overwhelmed.
There aren't too many songs that make me feel anything in an acute manner. I don't know why these songs did, or what it was that made me suddenly understand what he was saying in them, but like I said, I just had to get it off my chest.

Thanks.
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