![]() ![]() I feel love for my friends and family, but in the romantical valentine’s day sense, I’m pretty much empty. No catastrophic crushing delusion, no romantic joy or even a small glimmer of any feeling at all - good or bad. In the last Valentine’s Day staff pix I chose a Fiona Apple track out of angst, but this year I regret to inform you that I’ve honestly been feeling nothing. ![]() There are so many Springsteen love songs I could choose - “Fire,” “My Love Will Not Let You Down,” “Prove It All Night,” - but something always keeps me coming back to this one. ![]() Karenna Umscheid Dancing in the Dark by Bruce Springsteen People change and we outgrow each other, but at the end of the day, people honestly suck and it’s important to know that there’s more than one way a heart can break. There are fights, there are make-ups, but at the end of the day, it’s terrible and of course you want more because that person is so awful but aren’t they just so pretty when they’re mad, their brown eyes sparkling with rage? Aren’t they so sweet as they cradle you through shuddering sobs that THEY caused by gaslighting you into oblivion? Man, I love love! Lyrical genius is exemplified by lines like, “Still got your back even when you break a chair on mine like / Shit! Is it Monday night?” which is a silly reference to Monday night wrestling and loving someone even when they turn around and treat you like absolute garbage. This anti-love anthem talks about the deterioration of a relationship over time, the toxic energy emanating from the abrupt starts and stops of the band throughout all one minute and 56 seconds. Not everyone is well qualified to talk about healthy love, but RKS knew what they were talking about when they released “Our Song” in 2020. Julia Norkus Our Song by Rainbow Kitten Surprise ![]()
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