Music Series #5 - Natalie Merchant "Cowboy Romance"
If I had to choose a singer whose vibrato closely matches my own, I would choose Natalie Merchant. We both have a rapid but smooth vibrato. (I am also in love with her silver hair, I hope mine looks like hers someday, heh <3)
NPR, or National Public Radio has a program where they talk about current events called All Things Considered. Based on the name, they created a music program on the station, called All Songs Considered; both are hosted by Bob Boilen.
Sometimes the program will put on a 'Tiny Desk Concert,' where they will have a musician or group come into the actual office and put on a concert there in the office of the radio station. There have been so many great performances, and if anyone hasn't checked it out, I HIGHLY recommend it. Look on YouTube. You will NOT be disappointed.
"Cowboy Romance"
(Song starts at 12:00 and ends at 18:35, if you don't want to watch the entire concert)
To me, this is a beautiful song about a Master and his submissive and the love they can share. And it's such an honest song. And I hope that the love language I use in my life sounds like this song.
A drunken meet up, In a crude saloon
In a poor Rocky Mountain town
He's a scoundrel, And she's no pearl
And together they are two, lovers cruel
I always heard *true* here, and so this will forever be the word I sing when I sing this song, and I think it carries more meaning. And he's a scoundrel, and she's no pearl. I think that says something about no one is perfect or above the other in any loving relationship. They are better and whole because of each other.
Got her balanced on his knee..He knows exactly what to say
"You ain't been born 'till you get out of town,
And honey, You might come with me, you might come with me."
"If you do...Spare the innocent ones, I'll take you with me
Together we will be, drifters free."
A woman scorned will sometimes search, but won't see what is right in front of her when she's searching. So used to having no trust, used to hating having to take control, but having no choice. And once the search unearths what could be true love, she will still have to convince her brain to listen to her heart.
Got her tangled,tangled in his arms, And she's, she's a lusting, trusting fool..
"No man born can rule me,That I've sworn,
But stranger if you do, I'll belong to you."
"If you do...
"Would you spare the innocent ones? Would you take me with you?"
"Can you love the land? - And love me too?"
An Alpha can sometimes get caught up in having so much to see to, and to have a beautiful slave give their submission and trust over is a treasure an Alpha will hold high and feed his life energy to. When you put in the love and work, you become a Master that can be depended on to take care of business. Sometimes this comes with feeding energy into the sub herself. Not every sub is a Stepford Wife. Some of us are broken, and you, Alpha, hold us together. It takes a strong love and a strong person to understand the amount of giving needed to appreciate the gifts of a loyal submissive.
But, alas..
As he grows sober….Sees his love anew,
In morning light so true.
And He - He gets on the move,
On the move…
Puppy love fades, soft skin wrinkles and ages. Friends and family come and go, and so do hard times. Nothing is perfect. But when a Master and his submissive both understand the gift they are giving when they give it and what it means and needs to last..it takes on a life of its own. It gives you the last bit of energy to get through the last bit of your day, so you can go home and feel comfort in the arms of your little one. A love strong enough to see the person as you saw them the moment you fell in love with them. It doesn't come natural, and it sure doesn't come easy. Life is one fucking Jigsaw room after another.
Honest, trusting, sacrificial love will always be the Master(s) key, and some of us will wait a long time to find it.
<3
