Is that alright?

Sarah wrote:

I would say the song is about two people who love each other. But, if they act on their feelings, they will destroy each other (as in shooting each other with a gun). They are saying that it is better to give their gun/love away (it is better to not act on their feelings) than it is to destroy each other. 

"It's the wrong time 

For somebody new."

She cannot start a relationship.

"It's the wrong kind of place

To be cheating on you

It's the wrong time

She's pulling me through."

He is trying to move on. His potential partner/friend (?) is pulling him through the difficult situation.

"If you don't shoot it, how am I supposed to hold it?"

If I cannot love you, how am I supposed to deal with this love/deal with this situation? At the end of the song, they ask..

"Is that alright with you?"

They both say "no", as they are torn... 

What do you think?

A La Claire Fontaine by Shang Wen Jie

This is Shang Wen Jie's interpretation of a very old french children's song for the movie the "Painted Veil". The lyrics for this piece date back to the 16th century, and are credited to a French juggler and I offer a translation for your pleasure and enjoyment:

By the clear running fountain
I strayed one summer day.
The water looked so cooling
I bathed without delay.

Refrain:
Many long years have I loved you,
Ever in my heart you'll stay.

Beneath an oak tree shady
I dried myself that day
When from the topmost branch
A bird's song came my way.

Sing, nightingale, keep singing,
Your heart is always gay.
You have no cares to grieve you,
While I could weep today.

You have no cares to grieve you,
While I could weep today,
For I have lost my loved one
In such a senseless way.

She wanted some red roses
But I did rudely say
She could not have the roses
That I had picked that day.

Now I wish those red roses
Were on their bush today
While I and my beloved
Still went our old sweet way.

You Raise Me Up

 Piano piece in this video is called "Rain" by Dax Johnson.


When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;
When troubles come and my heart burdened be;
Then, I am still and wait here in the silence,
Until you come and sit awhile with me.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up: To more than I can be.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up: To more than I can be.

There is no life - no life without its hunger;
Each restless heart beats so imperfectly;
But when you come and I am filled with wonder,
Sometimes, I think I glimpse eternity.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up: To more than I can be.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up: To more than I can be.

A Bach double

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