The Importance of Absurdity
Wednesday, September 24, 2003
 
So...I found this song the other day in the folder of stuff I downloaded a couple years ago. Ironically, I just found out in the past 2 months that the guy who wrote this (Justin Rosolino) is recording a new cd, which I�m really excited about, especially since we haven�t really heard anything from him in 4 or so years. Anywhoo, I just love this song. I always have and I�d be willing to bet that I continue to do so for quite some time. I made Lindsay Holland listen to it today (along with a ton of other songs, poor thing!), so I'll make you listen to it too! Clips can be found here. Oh, and I didn't have the whole song saved, so this was the only part I remembered. But it's enough!

If I could just hear you say out loud
That you regret it,
All the things that made you disappear.
If you would admit you knew the sorrow,
I�d accept it,
Like a guilty child knows fear.
If I could just see inside your head
While you remember
The way we both hated life alone.
If you would just say that I�m the one
That you let slip away
And not some circumstance that you�d outgrown

�Cause what I needed you to give
Is what you took from me
Assurance that I alone could earn your love,
That it was me who wrote the book on loveability.
I need to see your loss, I guess
You only truly loved me if you loved the others less
It�s written on the rooftops, but my heart will not confess, so just

Tell me I�m the only one you ever loved and lost
Tell me that your leaving you more, yeah
Sing to me of the selfless way I served you
�Cause my kinda love won�t go without reward