I hope my head always defers to my heart...

You know what kind of day it's been when I've got a double posting....
It looks like the snow has stopped and the roads are clear - double boo.

A friend told me to listen to Tracy Chapman's "Matters of the Heart" today, and I did. Wow. I've known this song forever, but it was like listening to it for the first time. Tracy Chapman has a seriously beautiful voice - heartbreaking, almost - and the lyrics are just so spot on. Can we just look at it as if it were a poem - some brilliant piece of literature - because it's just that good...

I lose my head
From time to time
I make a fool of myself
In matters
of the heart
We should have been holding each other
Instead we talked
I make a fool of myself
In matters of the heart
But I asked before
Your reply was kind and polite
One wants more
When one's denied
I make a fool of myself
In matters of the heart
I won't call it love
But it feels good to have passion in my life
If there's a battle
I
hope my head always defers to my heart
In matters of the heart
I guess
I'm crazy to think
I can give you what you don't want
I make a fool of
myself
In matters of the heart
I wish that I had the power
To make
these feelings stop
I lose all self control
In matters of the heart
I can't believe
Its so hard to find someone
To give affection to
And from whom you can receive
I guess it's just the draw of the cards
In matters of the heart
You caught me off guard
Somehow you reached
me
Where I thought I had nothing left inside
I've learned my lesson
I've been edified
In matters of the heart
I've spent my nights
Where the sleeping dogs lie
Not by your side
It feels so lonely
Once again I've left too much to chance
In matters of the heart
Here
I sit
I'm feeling sorry for myself
It's quite a sight
But I have you
to thank
For reminding me
We're all alone in this world
And in
matters of the heart
I'm already missing you
Although we won't say good
byes
Until tomorrow afternoon
Maybe when and if I see you again
We'll see eye to eye
In matters of the heart
I have no harsh words
for you
I have no tears to cry
If the moon were full
I'd be howling
inside
It only hurts
In matters of the heart
If today were my
birthday
I'd be reborn
As Bronte's bird, a bird that could fly
And
all accounts would be settled
In matters of the heart
Matters of the
heart

mmm.... It's like she knew everything I'd think and feel right now and set it to music. These lines: "I won't call it love/but it feels good to have passion in my life" and "I can't believe/It's so hard/to find someone who you can give affection to/and from whom you can receive" sum up everything I don't know how to say. I wish there were a way that I were aware of to link the lyrics to the actual song.... Seriously, what a VOICE.

I searched youtube for the song, but no luck. I did, however, come across this bit of loveliness. This girl's voice is AMAZING, and so is the translation into Spanish of another Tracy Chapman hit.