I think love is a bit of heaven
Of all the words I've ever read in all of the books I've ever read, this remains one of my favorite passages:
I think love is a bit of heaven. When I was in love I thought about that girl so much I felt like I was going to die and it was beautiful, and she loved me, too, or at least she said she did, and we were not about ourselves, we were about each other, and that is what I mean when I say being in love is a bit of heaven. When I was in love I hardly thought of myself; I thought of her and how beautiful she looked and whether or not she was cold and how I could make her laugh. It was wonderful because I forgot my problems. I owned her problems instead, and her problems seemed romantic and beautiful. When I was in love there was somebody in the world who was more important than me, and that, given all that happened at the fall of humanity, is a miracle, like something God forgot to curse.
Thursday's gig

Here's the Brehm Center preview of this Thursday's gig, featuring Carrie G. and me.
U2 – “Magnificent”
In my opinion, easily one of U2's greatest songs.
Magnificent
Oh, magnificentI was born,
I was born to be with you
In this space and time
After that and ever after
I haven't had a clueOnly to break rhyme
This foolishness can leave a heart
Black and blueOnly love
Only love can leave such a mark
But only love
Only love can heal such a scarI was born
I was born to sing for you
I didn’t have a choice
But to lift you up
And sing whatever song you wanted me to
I give you back my voice
From the womb my first cry
It was a joyful noise
Oh, ohOnly love
Only love can leave such a mark
But only love
Only love can heal such a scarJustified till we die
You and I will magnify
Oh, the magnificent
MagnificentOnly love
Only love can leave such a mark
But only love
Only love unites our heartsJustified till we die
You and I will magnify
Oh, the magnificent
Magnificent
Magnificent
