Jessica made me a mixtape for Valentine's Day. The CD ended with a song I hadn't heard before and sure enough it was the one that got me all choked-up.
Self-loathing is a part of the human experience and you can trust me when I say that no one despises me more than me. So, immediately, when I heard the chorus, tears started swelling-up as I realized how vulnerable I am to Jess. And, it's a great thing to feel safely powerless to someone you love.
That's the succinct beauty of this song. It sets plainly the universal truth that when someone loves you, they take you the way you are. That's not to say that I've just completely let myself go and have resorted to my worst-self. No, she makes me want to be my best, but I'm also not scared of her seeing me at my most basic. She takes me the way I am.
The song feels like a natural companion to Gershwin's "Someone to Watch Over Me."
"There's a somebody I'm longin' to see
I hope that (s)he, turns out to be
Someone who'll watch over me
I'm a little lamb who's lost in the wood
I know I could, always be good
To one who'll watch over me"
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