Hey, it’s Miss Monique, posting on behalf of Miss Tori. Don’t worry, no more head-exploding conundrums ater that one. Here’s the post Tori wrote …

We were both born in 1972… he was the first guy I’d dated since highschool that was the same age as me. He was the first guy, ever, that liked the same kind of music as me.

I’d listened to punk, metal, hip-hop, rap and country for guys… always acquiring the taste to be able to tolerate, if not enjoy whatever the music coming out of the speakers… but he was different.

He liked Brit-pop… no… he LOVED Brit-pop… we listened to hours upon hours of Erasure, General Public, The Police, DePeche Mode, Duran Duran, Tears for Fears, New Order, Dixies Midnight Runners, Social Distortion, The Clash and Modern English. The one song that became “our” song was a one hit wonder from When In Rome… and it fit us perfectly.

Although we didn’t grow up together listening to this music, and didn’t discover it together, we fell in love with it in the back ground… we broke up with it still there… we became best friends who didn’t know what to do with eachother. There were nights we’d lie together, fully clothed, face to face, admitting we were still in love with one another… and yet couldn’t be a couple… damn it all for extenuating circumstances.

A few months ago, New Found Glory covered this song on their album From the Screen to Your Stereo Part II. When he found it… he emailed it to me… even though we’d been apart and basically not speaking for months. My heart swelled, my breathes shortened, and my eyes cried tears… not tears of pain or tears of anger… but tears remembering good times long gone…

No matter what anyone else thinks… I think he and I both know, deep down, this promise still stands….

If you need a friend,
don’t look to a stranger,
You know in the end,
I’ll always be there.

And when you’re in doubt,
and when you’re in danger,
Take a look all around,
and I’ll be there.

I’m sorry, but I’m just thinking of the right words to say.
I know they don’t sound the way I planned them to be.
But if you’ll wait around a while, I’ll make you fall for me,
I promise, I promise you I will.

When your day is through,
and so is your temper,
You know what to do,
I’m gonna always be there.

Sometimes if I shout,
it’s not what’s intended.
These words just come out,
with no gripe to bear.

I’m sorry, but I’m just thinking of the right words to say.
I know they don’t sound the way I planned them to be.
But if you’ll wait around a while, I’ll make you fall for me,
I promise, I promise you…

I’m sorry, but I’m just thinking of the right words to say.
I know they don’t sound the way I planned them to be.
And if I had to walk the world, I’d make you fall for me,
I promise, I promise you I will.

I gotta tell ya, I need to tell ya, I gotta tell ya, I gotta tellyaaaa …

I’m sorry, but I’m just thinking of the right words to say.
I know they don’t sound the way I planned them to be.
But if you’ll wait around a while, I’ll make you fall for me,
I promise, I promise you…

I’m sorry, but I’m just thinking of the right words to say.
I know they don’t sound the way I planned them to be.
And if I had to walk the world, I’d make you fall for me,
I promise, I promise you I will …
I will…
I will…
I will…