I hated this song when I first heard it a couple of decades ago.
Endless Love was the theme to a movie of the same name starring Brooke Shields. For some reason, I have it imprinted on my memory as her being some kind of teenage castaway who experiences love for the first time on a desert island. Which, of course, does not tally at all with the accompanying movie clip to the song on youtube. I never liked Brooke Shields as an actress – something to do with her huge beetly black eyebrows – so I didn’t watch the Endless Love film. And, even though I love Lionel Richie and Diana Ross, the song just seemed incredibly cheesy so it was not a favourite.
However, these days, the lyrics have become so poignant. They crystallise so many emotions that I find it hard to enunciate.
The way that his presence has brought such a sparkle to my life. Ok, so he’s not my first love but something about our relationship makes it feel as if he is. Perhaps it’s because I’ve changed to dramatically recently that I feel reborn. And I want to talk to him about everything that I experience and do.
Maybe it’s the part about the eyes. Because when I look into them – whether we’re making love or just across a room full of our friends – I can see how much he loves me.
Two hearts beating as one, well I think I’ve tried to convey that feeling before. Sometimes I forget where I start and he begins. And yet, at others, we are two completely different and separate entities that are able to co-exist in harmony (well, most of the time).
The fact that he means the world to me and I find it so hard not to talk about him all the time. Yes, they got those sentiments exactly right.
And the way that we both give all our love to each other is a fundamental part of this relationship.
Will it be an endless love? I suspect it may – whatever form that love may take. And, even if we don’t make it as a couple, I am secure in the knowledge that our friendship will endure… no matter what.
Originally posted 2010-05-19 18:49:08. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
I Concur on all your sentiments of the song…..
I cannot help but stop and think of HER, when I hear the words.
about the movie:
I was not so thrilled with the story.
It was a story of teenage love, and the male was rejected by the Shield’s dad, so to be a hero, started a fire on their porch. House burned down, and he was sent to prison.
last we see, is he is looking outside thru the bars, at her…..
The movie you are thinking of was Blue Lagoon
Ah, how the mind plays tricks! Of course it was Blue Lagoon! Thanks, Polar x
If I allow myself, I can truly understand every bit of your sentiment with this song and your relationship with Ruf.
But for the life of me, the song is still too cheesy for me.