We will kiss goodnight under a starlit sky

Like everyone, I imagine, I have favourite songs. Songs which are meaningful to me for all kinds of reasons; because they remind me of times or places or events. Some songs of course remind you of people. The songs which mean most to people I think are generally those which remind you of the person you love. I'm no exception. There are songs which remind me of my ex and songs which remind me of other girlfriends. And of course there are now songs which make me think of Erin.

In many cases such songs are simple declarations of adoration or longing or loss into which people often read whatever they wish. Dido's song "Don't Leave Home" is an excellent example of this. People commonly miss the point entirely and play it at their weddings, oblivious to the fact that the subject matter is actually drug addiction. The song which makes me think of Erin, "Hollow As A Bone" by the Cowboy Junkies, feels very different to me from most songs which make you think of a person because it's rare for a song both to put into words, save for one line, exactly what you're feeling and to express well a quite adult and complex feeling, that of being smitten with something so that you feel the need grasp it very tightly lest it slip away.

He could not help but hang his eyes
Her beauty held him so
If this was not a state of grace
Then grace he'd never know
I want to yell farewell from a crowded pier
Just me and a thousand goodbyes
The tears will be bittersweet
'cause soon she'll be back my side

If I lost you now
I would feel as hollow as a bone.