I was listening to “What If” by Coldplay when some of the words really hit me. I don’t know that I had ever really heard them before.
What if there was no light?
Nothing wrong, nothing right?
What if there was no time?
And no reason or rhyme?
What if you should decide?
That you don't want me there by your side?
That you don't want me there in your life?
What if I got it wrong?
And no poem or song?
Could put right what I got wrong?
Or make you feel I belong?
What if you should decide?
That you don't want me there by your side?
That you don't want me there in your life?
The phrase that caught my attention was “What if you should decide that you don’t want me there in your life? That you don’t want me there by your side?” Isn’t that what we all fear? That the one we long to be with will decide there is no place for us in their life. Each step in that relationship could be the one to break the fragile bond. How is it we decide, time and again, that the risk is worth it?
I’m not certain I like this song so much any longer....
