question for everyone!

[dancingyel]

everyone! there's a question in bold at the end of this entry. answer it! i want to know what you all think! the whole entry is basically a build-up to it.

i'm listening to "you belong to me" from the shrek soundtrack, by jason wade. it's such a sad song, so plaintive almost. i don't remember if i posted the lyrics before, but in any case, here they are.

See the pyramids along the Nile
Watch the sunrise on a tropic isle
Just remember, darling all the while
You belong to me

See the market place in old Algiers
Send me photographs and souvenirs
Just remember when a dream appears
You belong to me

I'll be so lonesome without you
Maybe you'll be lonesome too

Fly the ocean in a silver plane
See the jungle when it's wet with rain
Just remember 'til you're home again
You belong to me

I'll be so lonesome without you
Maybe you'll be lonesome too

Fly the ocean in a silver plane
See the jungle when it's wet with rain
Just remember 'til you're home again
You belong to me

i remember having a conversation with a friend about this song, and he was saying he didn't really like the lyrics because they seem so possesive, with the whole you belong to me thing. but i think it's normal, feeling this way about someone you care about. sure, it's a little possesive, but think about it. if your girlfriend/boyfriend/significant other of some sort were to go away on this exciting trip to all these cool places, wouldn't you want her/him to remember who they were coming back home to? even if they're not going somewhere super far and exciting, you still want them to remember you and not be seduced by someone new. that's what i think at least, but maybe since i've never been in a relationship over a month, and even that one was an odd one (poor dan), i could be wrong. so, what do you all think? Is the song above too possesive, or is it realistic to want your whoever (boyfriend/girlfriend/significant other) to remember that even when they're somewhere far away from you, they're still "yours?" Discuss in comments, please!

Comments

I belong to God

[(Anonymous)]

When God tells us we belong to Him, I don't think it's constricting and needy and I don't think God is warning me away from flirting with other gods. Instead, it means something different. Let me try a less destructive interpretation: if something precious belongs to you, you have a responsibility to take care of it. God gave us stewardship over the Earth and its animals - a partial ownership that also implies responsibility and good management. God also gave us to each other. When we belong to each other and make a commitment to a relationship 'through sickness and health,' we commit to caring for each other, not to clinging parasitically.
When the singer talks about his darling visiting Egypt or wet jungles, I hear him saying that even when she visits wild, untamed places and feels no human connection, she is still connected to him across the distance because he cares about what happens to her and looks forward to her homecoming. He misses her and hopes she feels the same connection, making it a mutual belonging.
Orphans Oliver and Annie express the desire to belong to someone in their eponymous musicals, and it resonates in all of us. To love someone and be loved - that is belonging.
Emily

Re: I belong to God

[dancingyel.livejournal.com]

wow, emily. that's a beatiful way of expressing belonging. i'll write a longer response or talk to you about it later, but i just had to comment right now.