Sunday, June 16, 2013

Caramel

So I started listening to Suzanne Vega and remembered this lovely song called Caramel. I first heard it in a movie called "The truth about cats and dogs". I remember I watched that movie at Pragati Maidan. It plays when Uma Thurman is being hand fed pastries by Ben Chaplin and she seems to be literally in heaven as she doesn't eat sweets because she's a reed thin model and doesn't want to gain weight. Although in real life no one eats chocolates or cake with their eyes closed, do they? The song is mostly about forbidden longings as so many songs are but I particularly like this one. It's somehow very sexy ;)

Caramel by Suzanne Vega
It won't do
to dream of caramel,
to think of cinnamon
and long for you.

It won't do
to stir a deep desire,
to fan a hidden fire
that can never burn true.

I know your name,
I know your skin,
I know the way
these things begin;

But I don't know
how I would live with myself,
what I'd forgive of myself
if you don't go.

So goodbye,
sweet appetite,
no single bite
could satisfy...

I know your name,
I know your skin,
I know the way
these things begin;

But I don't know
what I would give of myself,
how I would live with myself
if you don't go.

It won't do
to dream of caramel,
to think of cinnamon
and long
for you.




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