hold you in my arms

posting my favorite song from the soundtrack of the movie "the last kiss". its titled: "hold you in my arms" and its by ray lamontagne.

<bgsound src="http://www.rpi.edu/~tekir/Media%20Files/Hold%20You%20In%20My%20Arms.mp3">the lyrics go as:

When you came to me with your bad dreams and your fears
It was easy to see that you'd been crying
Seems like everywhere you turn catastrophe it reigns
But who really profits from the dying
I could hold you in my arms
I could hold you forever
I could hold you in my arms
I could hold you in my arms forever.

When you kissed my lips with my mouth so full of questions
It's my worried mind that you quiet
Place your hands on my face
Close my eyes and say
Love is a poor man's food
Don't prophesize
I could hold you in my arms
I could hold you forever
And I could hold you in my arms
I could hold you forever.

So now we see how it is
This fist begets the spear
Weapons of war
Symptoms of madness
Don't let your eyes refuse to see
Don't let your ears refuse to hear
Or you ain't never going to shake this sense of sadness
I could hold you in my arms
I could hold on forever
And I could hold you in my arms
I could hold forever...

the last kiss

i am really looking forward to this movie "the last kiss" starring zach braff and rachel bilson. its about a guy who has just turned 30, his longtime girlfriend is pregnant; and he meets an attractive college student and he finds himself questioning if the life he has is the one he really wants.

one of the reasons i am looking forward to it is that i really liked braff's earlier movie "gardenstate" and this movie has kind of a similar look and feel. the soundtrack of gardenstate is at the very top of my list of all time favorite soundtracks. the soundtrack of this movie is itself quite good, but pales in comparison to gardenstate - in my opinion. the other reason i guess is that the movie seems to be an interesting take on relationships, on making choices in life.

the trailer looks nice - it can viewed HERE.
the tag line for the movie reads: "we all grow up, we all face doubt, we all make choices, what's yours?"

this makes me ask some questions about relationships:
how do you know that someone is the one for you? is there really someone just for you in the first place? how do you make a commitment? how do you decide if you want to spend the rest of your life with someone? how can you guarantee that you won't change with time? where do feelings come into all this? is there a practical aspect too to the relationship? do you decide with your heart or your head? where does society come into all this, does it have a say in your relationship or is it just between the two of you? should you care about your parent's views? do they know what's good for you better than you yourself do? is there a need to give a name to every relationship? why do we want to be in a relationship in the first place?

Sri Sri on Love

here are the signs of love:
when you love someone you see nothing wrong with them. even if you see a fault in them you justify it in some way - "everyone does that; it is normal." you think you have not done enough for them and the more you do, the more you want to do for them. they are always in your mind. ordinary things become extraordinary. a baby winking at its grandmother becomes an extraordinary event. when you love someone, you want to see them always happy and you want them to have the best.