Wrecking Ball

I'm home with my kids this afternoon, and I was happily cooking them lunch while singing this song, which has been in my head the past few days:

I came in like a wrecking ball
I never hit so hard in love
All I wanted was to break your walls
All you ever did was wreck me
Yeah, you, you wreck me

"Mom! That's Miley Cyrus!" my son said, full of consternation that I should deign to sing such frivolous top 40 music.

"I know, but I like it!" I retorted. And then I watched the video -- wowza! Smokin' hot.

And finally, though the lyrics don't tell the exact story of my last love, the overall tenor of the song is definitely apropos:

We clawed, we chained our hearts in vain
We jumped never asking why
We kissed, I fell under your spell.
A love no one could deny

Don't you ever say I just walked away
I will always want you
I can't live a lie, running for my life
I will always want you

I came in like a wrecking ball
I never hit so hard in love
All I wanted was to break your walls
All you ever did was wreck me
Yeah, you, you wreck me

I put you high up in the sky
And now, you're not coming down
It slowly turned, you let me burn
And now, we're ashes on the ground

Don't you ever say I just walked away
I will always want you
I can't live a lie, running for my life
I will always want you...