“You better let somebody love you…”

When I was younger, I listened to music for the rhythm. The words and message went in one ear and out the other. Looking back on that I find it rather strange. Many of the songs that survive the decades have very clear messages.

I was listening to the song Desperado by The Eagles. This time I listened to the message.

From the song:

Desperado, why don’t you come to your senses?
Come down from your fences, open the gate
It may be rainin’, but there’s a rainbow above you
You better let somebody love you, before it’s too late

“You better let somebody love you…” I never thought about it like that. I always figured that people either loved you or did not. The idea that you need to allow someone to love you never entered my mind. I feel that I open myself and let women know who I really am. I do not try to play games. Letting someone love you must go beyond that. How do you let someone love you?

The song says:

Come down from your fences, open the gate.

This might mean that you need to look at things from different perspectives. Constantly looking over the fence that you have locked yourself behind will not allow you to see others for who they are. I may be stretching it a bit. It can be awfully hard to make sense of songs.

The only line that I fully understand is:

Your prison is walking through this world all alone

I strongly feel that being alone keeps me from fully experiencing the beauty of life. The companionship that I am missing, and the experiences that I could be having would add a lot of richness to my life.

Now it seems to me, some fine things
Have been laid upon your table
But you only want the ones that you can’t get

I am not sure if I only want the ones I can’t get. It seems more of a bad habit of assuming that I can not have what I want. Probably not exactly normal, but I have never claimed to be normal.

It may be rainin’, but there’s a rainbow above you

There is always hope.

Markham J. Eggleton pretty much sums it up in his comment to my post What is Love:

… Love finds everybody at some point. We all feel its bite, caress and succour, and usually when we least expect it. If you go chasing after it then most of the time it eludes you. Then, just as you’re ready to give up, along comes Love to slap you around the face with a wet kipper. With that in mind take heart. There will be somebody out there who will reciprocate your feelings and return the love that you’re willing to give to them. And when that happens, when you truly discover what it is to be in love and to be loved at the same time, I guarantee that you’ll still be no nearer to understanding it. Frustrating, ain’t it?

Yes, it is frustrating!