Keep looking through the window pane
Just trying to see through the pouring rain
It’s hearing your name, hearing your name
I’ve really never felt quite the same
Since I’ve lost what I had to gain
No one to blame, no one to blame
“You like the classics?” Jamie Fox asks Jada Pinkett Smith as their taxi roams the streets of Los Angeles while the day turns to dusk. In one of the few Tom Cruise movies that I can stomach (the excellent ‘Collateral’) this opening musical scene sets the Zen-like tone of the whole movie, and seems a practically perfect entry for this extra Daylight Savings hour. Settle in, make a cup of coffee or tea and let’s go into Sunday, and this extra hour, in quiet and contemplative fashion. The world can wait a bit…
Time time time… see’s what become of me…
Seems to me, can’t turn back the hands of time
Oh, it seems to me, can’t turn back the hands of time
It’s strange the way we turn the time into November. Like a manual switch, the day after Halloween is instantly gray, damp and chilly, and the realization that we will never be going back to September is a sad one. We can only move forward, through the oblivion of winter and the rocky road of spring before we get back to some semblance of the state of summer. What a long trip that seems. A song like this helps us take the first steps of the journey.
Keep looking through the window pane
Just trying to see through the pouring rain
It’s hearing your name, hearing your name
I’ve really never felt quite the same
Since I’ve lost what I had to gain
No one to blame, no one to blame
The mellow groove marks time, the melancholy lyrics mark our past, and all of it keeps us company when that’s all we have. Sometimes a song is the best company around. Much less messy when it comes to the peskiness of people. You can start it and stop it and repeat it, or shut it down altogether and nobody’s feelings get hurt. We are not so lucky with people. Or with time. Except on this day. We can turn it back, for one hour, and do it all over again. Make things right. Make things better. Maybe just listen a little closer this time. Appreciate things a bit more. Enjoy it.
It’s only an hour.
Seems to me, can’t turn back the hands of time
Oh, it seems to me, can’t turn back the hands of time
Seems to me, can’t turn back the hands of time
Seems to me, yesterday was left behind…
