It is cheesy, I know. The title phrase itself especially. And yet.
I have never, ever been a Fleetwood Mac fan, like where I just never got it to the point of alienating my friends--both the girls growing up who wanted to dress like Stevie Nicks (I completely missed all of that too btw) and later the guys on college radio declaring Tusk a masterpiece and all that (sorry Rob! And sorry Greg Dulli :). So it is a testament to Robert of all people oddly enough--believe me, he does not care for them either--that I might've changed my mind all based on the fact this corny love song makes me think of him so much, and that's all. It's as simple as that.
I stayed up one night recently in the dark telling Robert last.fm played it for me recently while I was cooking dinner and the matter-of-fact vocals and the lyrics/specific tone of the subject matter endeared the song to me. I was trying to describe to him how my very favorite kind of love song goes like this--where it's nowhere near bubbly and exuberant, relatively staid really, but the gist is "I'm a quiet person who, while not bitter or hung up or anything, decided a long time ago I was too practical to wait around or hold my breath or be silly or spend time thinking about soft things. And then (all matter of fact, yes) you gradually changed that and I'm not exactly sure where or when it happened but one day I took a long around myself emotionally and kind of blinked in surprise and confusion, gentle delight. Guess I have changed, that's all." That sort of thing. I like it very much. Something about that kind of ho-hum invisible resigned-to-the-everyday-reality character being changed in that way, it means more to me than usual. And I think the vocals are in fact perfect for conveying that sort of person.
sweet wonderful you
you make me happy
with the things that you do
oh can it be so
this feeling follows me
wherever i go
i never did believe in miracles
but i've a feeling it's time to try
i never did believe in the ways of magic
but i'm beginning to wonder why
don't break the spell
it would be different
and you know it will
you, you make loving fun
and i don't have to tell you
but you're the only one
I stayed up one night recently in the dark telling Robert last.fm played it for me recently while I was cooking dinner and the matter-of-fact vocals and the lyrics/specific tone of the subject matter endeared the song to me. I was trying to describe to him how my very favorite kind of love song goes like this--where it's nowhere near bubbly and exuberant, relatively staid really, but the gist is "I'm a quiet person who, while not bitter or hung up or anything, decided a long time ago I was too practical to wait around or hold my breath or be silly or spend time thinking about soft things. And then (all matter of fact, yes) you gradually changed that and I'm not exactly sure where or when it happened but one day I took a long around myself emotionally and kind of blinked in surprise and confusion, gentle delight. Guess I have changed, that's all." That sort of thing. I like it very much. Something about that kind of ho-hum invisible resigned-to-the-everyday-reality character being changed in that way, it means more to me than usual. And I think the vocals are in fact perfect for conveying that sort of person.
sweet wonderful you
you make me happy
with the things that you do
oh can it be so
this feeling follows me
wherever i go
i never did believe in miracles
but i've a feeling it's time to try
i never did believe in the ways of magic
but i'm beginning to wonder why
don't break the spell
it would be different
and you know it will
you, you make loving fun
and i don't have to tell you
but you're the only one