This Way

This song hits so hard sometimes. I love Lada Gaga’s voice and her way of capturing all the emotions I feel.

You look at me and, babe, I wanna catch on fire / It’s buried in my soul like California gold / You found the light in me that I couldn’t find / So when I’m all choked up But I can’t find the words / Every time we say goodbye Baby, it hurts / When the sun goes down / And the band won’t play I’ll always remember us this way / Lovers in the night Poets trying to write / We don’t know how to rhyme But, damn, we try / But all I really know / You’re where I wanna go / The part of me that’s you will never die

So many of the lyrics here touch me deeply. I heard it on TikTok this morning, of all places. The post was about loving someone you can’t have, having someone you can’t love, or leaving someone you can never unlove.

I think in my life I have done all of these things. I know that I will never unlove them. I know that there are many people I could have, but I don’t love them in the right ways. And more times than I want to think about, I love those people who are difficult to love. Those people that you would love with your whole self if they found it in them to love you back.