Chariots Rise

While my man and I were enjoying our Chianti last night, I brought up the lesson from Sideways about it not necessarily being a good idea to save something for a particular moment in the future. And then I played this song for him, explaining that I had been saving it, waiting to use it as a blog song when things felt particularly perfect. I thought it might be when he moved out here, or when we moved in together, or got married, or some other milestone that I was anticipating in our relationship.

It's such a beautiful song, such a beautiful expression of having found love:

I never felt this way before

I've seen so many islands

I never felt this way before

In this song here I describe him

The chariots rise

Up high in the sky

What grace have I

To fall so in love

What a wonderful dream

It seems to be

'Cause I love him

I took the notes of past excursions

And I read them through once more

Only to find them all diversions

From the one true love in store

The chariots rise

Up high in the sky

What grace have I

To fall so in love

What a wonderful dream

It seems to be

'Cause I love him

Though I have waited long

And they have all been wrong

Now I find in the end

With him I need not pretend

The chariots

They rise up high in the sky

What grace have I

To fall so in love

What a wonderful dream

It seems to be

'Cause I love him

'Cause I love him

And I do love him. And I am so grateful, because loving him has shown me my grace, more clearly than I've ever seen it.

But we're not at any sort of pivotal moment in our relationship. In fact, it feels a bit like it is slipping away. Not the love, but the feeling that the love is all we need...