Letting it slip away

Once again, I find myself at a loss for words, at least for my own words — today I just find myself with raw, intense, overwhelming emotions and a particular song of one of my favorite musicians (Bruce Springsteen) ringing in my ears: “Human touch”.

So here go the lyrics that particularly resonate with me (due to a situation in which I’ve found myself) lately:

“You and me we were the pretenders 

We let it all slip away 

In the end what you don’t surrender 

Well the world just strips away

Boy ain’t no kindness in the face of strangers 

Ain’t gonna find no miracles here 

Well you can wait on your blessings darlin’ 

But I got a deal for you right here

I ain’t looking for prayers or pity 

I ain’t coming’ ‘round searching’ for a crutch 

I just want someone to talk to 

And a little of that human touch 

Just a little of that human touch

…

Oh boy that feeling of safety you prize 

Well it comes with a hard hard price 

You can’t shut off the risk and pain 

Without losin’ the love that remains

We’re all riders on this train 

So you been broken and you been hurt 

Show me somebody who ain’t 

…  

You might need somethin’ to hold on to 

When all the answers they don’t amount to much 

Somebody that you can just talk to 

And a little of that human touch”