Song For the Moment: Inspired by a Movie Filmed in Vienna

A page from The Travelers' Tales - A Woman's World

Prelude
I have been so busy with work since the start of the year, that I haven't had much time for a decent vacation. Hence, I have to resort to traveling through the stories of others, which doesn't really help as it just worsened the "itch" to simply drop everything and go, right? 

Anyway, this below is not a story on travel. It's just an example of vicarious living on my part. My dreaming of Vienna through the eyes of young love.

Song for the Moment (A Revisit - 2014)
I watched Richard Linklater's "Before Sunrise" and "Before Sunset" today. Both movies featured Ethan Hawke (Jesse) and Julie Delphy (Celine). The first was released in 1996 and the latter, in 2004. 

Okay, I'm not even attempting to review the movies. Literary Criticism had never been my strong point, as confirmed by my Literature grades...haha!

Anyway, the trilogy began with a meet cute on a train enroute to Paris from Budapest. Jesse managed to convince Celine to accompany him as he explored Vienna (where he was scheduled to catch a flight back to the US in the morning).

And, in the next 14 hours or so, we see the two strangers walking and talking (a mixture of cynical and innocent contemplation on relationships and life), with Vienna as the backdrop. In the morning, they both went their separate ways, with the promise of meeting again at the same place six months later.

Annotations (2014):  In 2013, Jesse and Celine came alive again in a third movie called "Before Midnight" - making it a trilogy of a romantic relationship that spanned 18 years. 

What I actually wanted to share (in a very long winded way) is the captivating scene in the record store. Jesse and Celine were in a music booth listening to a ballad called "Come Here" sang by Kath Bloom.

In a glance, the song is pretty simple, the lyrics is less poetic than most songs. Yet, you can't miss the intensity and passion in this wonderful ensemble of acoustic guitar, violin, simple lyrics and Kath Bloom's raw, soulful voice. And not forgetting, the scratches from the vinyl!

The song and her voice just transfers one to a whole different place (or state of mind, if you will). 

Well, I am one who lives her life vicariously. I have fallen in love with this song and this is my song for the moment.

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Come Here
there's a wind that blows in from the north
and it says that loving takes this course
come here. come here.

no, i'm not impossible to touch
i have never wanted you so much
come here. come here.

have i never laid down by your side
baby, let's forget about this pride
come here. come here.

well i'm in no hurry
don't have to run away this time
i know that you're timid but it's gonna be all right this time