falling in love
Janis Joplin
PIECE OF MY HEART
Oh, come on, come on, come on, come on!
Didn't I make you feel like you were the only man -yeah!
Didn't I give you nearly everything that a woman possibly can ?
Honey, you know I did!
And each time I tell myself that I, well I think I've had enough,
But I'm gonna show you, baby, that a woman can be tough.
I want you to come on, come on, come on, come on and take it,
Take it!
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby!
Oh, oh, break it!
Break another little bit of my heart now, darling, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh, oh, have a!
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby,
You know you got it if it makes you feel good,
Oh, yes indeed.
You're out on the streets looking good,
And baby deep down in your heart I guess you know that it ain't right,
Never, never, never, never, never, never hear me when I cry at night,
Babe, I cry all the time!
And each time I tell myself that I, well I can't stand the pain,
But when you hold me in your arms, I'll sing it once again.
I'll say come on, come on, come on, come on and take it!
Take it!
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby.
Oh, oh, break it!
Break another little bit of my heart now, darling, yeah,
Oh, oh, have a!
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby,
You know you got it, child, if it makes you feel good.
I need you to come on, come on, come on, come on and take it,
Take it!
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby!
oh, oh, break it!
Break another little bit of my heart, now darling, yeah, c'mon now.
oh, oh, have a
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby.
You know you got it -whoahhhhh!!
Take it!
Take it! Take another little piece of my heart now, baby,
Oh, oh, break it!
Break another little bit of my heart, now darling, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Oh, oh, have a
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby, hey,
You know you got it, child, if it makes you feel good.
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Falling in love. Falling out of love. Falling in love with someone who doesn't love you back. Falling out of love for someone who still loves you. Hell, falling in love with someone who couldn't care less if you existed or not. Falling in love with the idea of love. Falling out of love with the idea of love.
falling in love with someone who couldn't care less if you existed or not. Is this possible?
One of my girlfriends had a crush on this guy i high school. He was two years above us--we were sophomores when he was a senior. It began as a crush. And then after a few weeks, a couple of months, or the year after, my friend goes: "Love ko siya. Mahal ko siya."
They've never met. Things she knew about him were superficial (to my memory): birthday, phone number, where he lives, who his friends were, things like that. They had no contact, except for the occasional "oops I bumped into him" which weren't effective in the "i'm alive! look!" department. And yet she said she loved him. She's in love with him to this day. Less in love but still in love.
Is that love? I've always disagreed. But what do I know...
I had a crush on this guy in high school. He was my classmate. I started out not liking him, because he was one of those slackers. Then because of a tiny square of glitter under my eye during chemistry class, there was chemistry. Ish. Eyes met, held, looked away, and I blushed, then I crushed.
Started out with helping him out with schoolwork--I'm an average Jane when it comes to school but next to him I was an A-student. We became friendly, then we became friends, and we got to know each other a bit. I didn't like everything that I saw and learned about him. He did a lot of crap.
But despite the crap, he had his moments. Like telling me not to start smoking. Comforting me when my dad didn't speak to my sisters and me for three days (because of bad report cards). Telling a friend that the stupid Hair Doctor comb that I gave him (Christmas party-Santa thing) was special to him, if only because I gave it to him. Writing me a pretty long palanca letter for my retreat--and I was the only one he gave a palanca letter to. To be honest, there was more crap than moments but, like a line from "Into The Woods" goes: But if life were only moments, then you'd never know you had one.
Major crush. But it never occurred to me that I might've loved him. Or was in love with him. Or still in love with him. A friend pointed it out to me, saying that I did/do.
I don't know. All I'm certain about is that I don't want to love knowing that it might never be reciprocated.