Howie Day's "Collide"

The dawn is breaking
A light shining through
You’re barely waking
And I’m tangled up in you

I’m open, you’re closed
Where I follow, you’ll go
I worry I won’t see your face
Light up again
Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills my mind
I somehow find
You and I
Collide

I’m quiet, you know
You make a first impression
But I’ve found I’m scared to know I’m always on your mind
Even the best fall down sometime
Even the stars refuse to shine
Out of the back you fall in time
I somehow find
You and I
Collide

Don’t stop here
I lost my place
I’m close behind

Well even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills your mind
You finally find you and I collide
Finally find you and I collide
You finally find you and I collide

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Am sitting here doing my work, resisting the urge to make another cup of coffee when suddenly, "Collide" comes on Class 95.

straightaway, just like that, maybe like The Jumper (i don't know, i haven't seen it... yet), i'm sucked into a scene unfolding at Pump Room, with this young couple sitting opposite each other, holding hands and grinning away. i snap into the girl, our joints and limbs lock, heart and soul fused, and i become her.

August and i had been at Wine Bos (the wine buffet place) that is quite a good strategy cos you really don't drink that much wine anyway, in 2 hours. i had been telling him about "Collide" for a while and we're both not sure if it's the song he heard and knew about.

anyway, i decided i wanted to go dancing at Pump Room. didn't think it would be crowded on a week night and true enough, it wasn't. the place was almost empty, so much so that we got a nice table near the dance floor. i was raving about Pump Room so was hoping it would at least look more happening than that!

well, we continued talking and talking and talking and then the band comes on and i'm waiting in anticipation, ready to leap out of my chair to dance. there we were, sitting across each other, looking into each other's eyes as cliche as it sounds, holding hands... and then the band launched into their first song... "Collide".

i melted. it was so beautiful. i love "Collide". i love "Collide"... i had one of those stabs-you-in-the-chest kind of feeling and i must have struggled to breathe it down. it was a fun night to follow, i remember. much dancing and laughing.

"finally find... you and i... collide..."