Day 240 - 1+1

I absolutely LOVE this song.  It speaks to a sense of love that... well, let's just see.

“If I ain't got nothing, I got you.  If I ain't got something, I don't give a damn, cuz I got it with you.  I don't know much about algebra, but I know one plus one equals two.  And it's me and you - that's all we'll have when the world is through."  The singer starts by acknowledging that if she has nothing else in the world, she would have her love.  Even if she didn't have a dime to her name or she didn't have her fame, it wouldn't matter, because she would have her love by her side.  As simple as it is, the only thing she seems to know is that 1 (her) + 1 (her love) = 2, and that's all the math that her world requires.  So even when all else falls apart, that 1+1 is all that she will need to hold to, because that can be counted on.

“Cuz baby we ain't got nothing without love.  Darling, you got enough for the both of us, so come on baby, make love to me.  When my days look low, pull me in close and don't let me go - make love to me.  So when the world's at war, let our love heal us all.  [Help me let down my guard].  Right now baby, make love to me.” She recognizes that this life and existence are nothing without love.  She sees that her love has love enough to cover them both, and so she asks her love to share that with her, expressing it in an intimate form that connects them physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, etc.  (Making love is not just about having sex - it's about opening up a space in which love is created and shared, even if physical intercourse is not involved.)  She recognizes that love has the power to heal, support, and reinvigorate, so when she has a day that drains her, she asks for the comfort and care of her love to pour back into her.  And when love matures and grows, it has the capacity to affect more than the initial two participants.  Love can be the thing that brings healing to the world, even the love that starts between two people.  Love for my boo can motivate me to push for a better world for our love and for the generations that will follow us.  Another one of the beauties of love is that it has the capacity for great healing.  The singer is recognizing that even in this space of love, she still has room to grow, so she asks her love to help her become more open and vulnerable so that they may share love more deeply.  And a good love (and lover) will be able to create safe space so that it can happen for both people as they work together on their love.
“Hey, I don't know much about guns but I, I've been shot by you.  And I don't know when I'm gonna die but I hope that I'm gonna die by you.  And I don't know much about fighting but I, I know I will fight for you.  And just when I ball up my fists I realize, I'm laying right next to you.”  There is something about love that can feel deeply piercing and impacting.  While I've never been shot, but if a bullet can travel 700mph, I would imagine that it's something you would feel for a while.  Love, though ideally much less painful, is something that has a way of making itself felt, especially when you are open to it.  And she loves her love to the point that she wants to live and die by her love.  And, even in her limited understanding, she is willing to fight for that love.  When she thinks about her love, a passion rises within her such that she would spring into action, but then she is able to see that her love is right there, and she can rest in that.  She sees that even though she is willing to fight (and sometimes within a relationship, you have to do some fighting and some pushing), she doesn't have to.