A great deal of my work centers around relationships–both friendships and romantic entanglements. Today, while working on the rough draft of Epsilon: Redeemer, I found myself listening to Josh Groban’s “Awake,” which struck a chord–it’s a beautiful, almost haunting song about loving someone but knowing that perhaps you’ll lose them someday.
“Awake”
A beautiful and blinding morning
The world outside begins to breathe
See clouds arriving without warning
I need you here to shelter meAnd I know that only time will tell us how
To carry on without each otherSo keep me awake to memorize you
Give me more time to feel this way
We can’t stay like this forever
But I can have you next to me todayIf I could make these moments endless
If I could stop the winds of change
If we just keep our eyes wide open
Then everything would stay the sameAnd I know that only time will tell me how
We’ll carry on without each otherSo keep me awake for every moment
Give us more time to be this way
We can’t stay like this forever
But I can have you next to me todayWe’ll let tomorrow wait, you’re here, right now, with me
All my fears just fall away, when you are all I seeWe can’t stay like this forever
But I have you here todayAnd I will remember
Oh I will remember
Remember all the love we shared today
It’s a perfect love theme for that whole universe, I think, since it touches on a lot of the emotions and themes embedded in the romantic relationships in the Epsilon series.
Of course, anyone who’s read my work can feel free to object–but at least listen to the song before you do!
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