indiana

I'm glad I never lived next to the water
So I could never get used to the beach,
And I'm glad I never grew up on a mountain
To figure out how high the world could reach.

I love the miles between me and the city,
Where I quietly imagine every street.
And I'm glad I'm only picturing the moment.
I'm glad she never fell in love with me.

For some the world's a treasure to discover.
And your scenery should never stay the same.
And they're trading in their dreams for explanations.
All in an attempt to entertain.

I love the miles between me and the city,
Where I quietly imagine ever street.
And I'm glad I'm only picturing the moment.
I'm glad she never fell in love with me

The trick of love is to never let it find you.
It's easy to get over missing out.
I know the how's and whens, but now and then,
She's all I think about.

I wonder how it feels to be famous,
but wonder is as far as I will go.
Because I'd probably lose myself in all the pictures,
And end up being someone I don't know.

So it's probably best I stay in Indiana,
Just dreaming of the world as it should be.
Where every day is a battle to convince myself
I'm glad she never fell in love with me.

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music and lyrics by: Jon McLaughlin - "Indiana" c. 2007


This is one of the most wonderful and awful songs I have ever heard. It is heartbreakingly beautiful and ever so real.
I have to admit that my heart connects with lyrics such as:
"The trick of love is to never let it find you.
It's easy to get over missing out."
and
"So it's probably best I stay in Indiana,
Just dreaming of the world as it should be.
Where every day is a battle to convince myself
I'm glad she never fell in love with me."

The heart surely is slow to learn and always seems to want what it cannot have, but wishing love away is only a fool's masquerade that kills you a little more everyday.
Love is such a beautiful and blessed gift- an inexplicable and sometimes tangible gift of the divine. I find myself wishing, even hoping to find love someday... waiting for her to walk through the doors. But love is ever-present, for it is the character and being of the Lord.

As stated in one of my new favorite movies, Dan in Real Life, "Love is not an emotion, it's an ability." How true! Love is the impression of God upon His creation. This impression, this indelible mark is how we express the image of the invisible to the world around us... we love.