I recently rediscovered this song
Haunting You by Bird York (
actress Kathleen York). It's about longing. It moved me in a few ways but here's one. In the second verse the longing intensifies, and seems as if it is about to demand fulfillment.
"You will hear me calling to you..."
Instead it gives something. Something meager and wan, but profound nonetheless.
"...saying, Don't be afraid of the dark."
I could guess many inspirations and interpretations for this turn in the song, but the message I get from it is that love is generous. To take, to crave, to seek and acquire, these are other forces. Love is only the witness of beauty and the hope for its happiness.
