This morning when I found out that David Bowie had passed away, I hoped for a peaceful transition for him.
I then laughed to myself, as the song I thought of most was “As the World Falls Down” from Labyrinth. My sister had the soundtrack back when it was new, and the music was so dreamlike and soothing, I used it to help me go to sleep. It was the first song I learned the lyrics to, as I started to sing it to myself over and over in my head when I had a hard time dropping off.
I still do, actually.
Throughout the day, I’ve caught myself thinking about the lyrics again with a fresh mind. I’ve sung it to myself to soothe myself to sleep for so long, I no longer hear it as the seductive love song it was written as, but as a call of comfort from my inner self.
For all the times I have faced upheaval and chaos and pain, I’ve found peaceful refuge in words such as:
As the pain sweeps through,
Makes no sense for you.
Every thrill is gone.
Wasn’t too much fun at all,
But I’ll be there for you-ou-ou
As the world falls down.
I owe so much of my moments of finding-calm to those lyrics. May the man who wrote and sang those words now know peace, as well.
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