Friday, December 24, 2004

About A Boy

Planet Hollywood. On a working day. Yesterday to be precised.

Sherrie's bro's Bachelor party allowed me to gain my first experience ever to:

1. Go to Planet Hollywood (I am indeed a deprived kampong Kajang girl)
2. Excellent first-hand live band experience (though I do not know what they are
called)

I also learnt where the old losers go to cry their sorrows away, also to built what's left of their confidence and ego. Planet is their home. Home is otherwise a place just to have the required daily 8 hours sleep, or so.

When the band came up on stage, their first song played was U2's With or Without You. My attention was set on the bass player... he reminded me of mb. One look and it is mb while he had his hair long. How can they look so alike?

And the song... it just justifies how I waited with faith, not afraid to lose. Sherrie told me something that nite, I swear tears were building up. But she said I could have the alibi of the song being just beautiful. She said: "He is everywhere you go, isnt it? The truth is, he's here" and she pointed at her heart. That just blew me. Like a bomb, all the bottled up feelings. All this months... years... it's true, he's given himself away. mb is now hers, married to a girl, who came along into his life, while I was waiting. While I was trying to forget him. Obviously, some things stick on you, even Dynamo cant get it off.

Here goes, you boy who was worth the anticipation, then. mb

With or Without You by U2

See the stone set in your eyes
See the thorn twist in your side
I wait for you
Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails she makes me wait

And I wait without you
With or without you
With or without you

Through the storm we reach the shore
You give it all but I want more
And I'm waiting for you
With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away

My hands are tied
My body bruised, she's got me with
Nothing to win and
Nothing left to lose

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you giveAnd you give
And you give yourself away

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you
With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you
With or without you