Happy Valentine's Day!

[jhameia]

(And of course I haff to use a picture of Der Kestle for today.)

I don't really celebrate it at all, and I'm looking forward to the extra cheap chocolate tomorrow, but in the spirit of today, which really just celebrates love, and we could all use more days that do so, here is my favourite love song, which has been my favourite ever since I heard it in 1996.

Gary Numan's You Walk In My Soul, from the equally excellent album Sacrifice. You should buy it, because it's brilliant. My brother bought the album featuring cover art from Joseph Michael Linser, the artist of Dawn, a red-headed goddess archetype.

"You Walk In My Soul" was written for a woman Gary Numan had been dating at the time. She was a fan at first, and they got to know each other better after they drove together to a venue he was playing at (and by that, I mean just as friends). They started dating, and he wrote this song for her. Sometime after, they got married, and now have two kids together.


When my eyes first saw you
A vision
My heart missed a beat
And I cried
I knew then I loved you
And I do
Now you are my reason for living

And now
You walk in my soul
You dance in my heart
You draw breath for me
I'll stand by your side
I'll kneel at your feet
Share my life with me

I've waited years
I've waited all my life for you
You are my world
All of my dreams and I need you

I'll love you forever
And a day
I'll love you till God comes and takes me away

You sing to my soul
You play with my heart
You breathe life for me
I'll always be yours
And I'd die for you
Share my life with me

I can't believe
How much you mean to me, and so
Pick up a piece
A piece of my heart
And stay with me