Every Time We Say Goodbye
In a dream Hillary and I were sitting in a cafe when a song was heard in the room. It was so beautiful that we stopped talking and went into a complete state of awe. The song absorbed all our attention and time literally stopped. When I was able to speak again, I said to Hillary, “What an amazing song!” She responded in kind. Then we noticed it was happening to everyone in the room. Even the waitress stopped and stood with a gaze of delight as the song touched her heart. When she came to, she also exclaimed, “What an amazing song!”
Here are the lyrics to the song heard in the dream, composed by Cole Porter in 1944:
Ev’ry time we say goodbye, I die a little,
Ev’ry time we say goodbye, I wonder why a little,
Why the gods above me, who must be in the know,
Think so little of me, they allow you to go.
When you’re near, there’s such an air of spring about it,
I can hear a lark somewhere, begin to sing about it,
There’s no love song finer, but how strange the change from major to minor,
Ev’ry time we say goodbye.
Love brings the ultimate joy of togetherness that also carries with it the eventual heartbreak of separation. Whether it is your relationship with the people you love or your relationship with God, there is a constant bittersweet movement between coming together and pulling apart. Remember that the universe and everything inside it, including you, is a breathing song. The constant change from major to minor and back again, though strange, is the music of sacred change. It is climbing up and down the rope to God.
Take a listen!
– The Keeneys, July 2018