Some thoughts on a favorite love song.

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So I was listening to Believe In Me by Dan Fogelberg, I love that song, but something caught my attention at 46 that hadn't occurred to me when I was younger. Maybe the Reason she can't trust him is that, Those other loves that have come before mean nothing to him anymore. I mean really you can love someone and then later have them mean nothing to you? How do you work that? I still have some sort of feelings for everyone I have ever loved in my life. How could you possibly trust the emotional ability to commit of someone who can just cut off the spigot and say, "Now you mean nothing?"

If I could ever say it right and reach your hostage heart
Despite the doubts you harbor then you might come to believe in me

The life I lead is not the kind that gives a woman peace of mind
I only hope someday you'll find that you can believe in me

Those other loves that came before mean nothing to me anymore
But you can never be quite sure and will not believe in me

(Chorus)
Too many hearts have been broken failing to trust what they feel
But trust isn't something that's spoken
And love's never wrong when it's real

If I could only do one thing
Then I would try to write and sing a song
That ends your questioning and makes you believe in me

(Chorus)
And makes you believe in me
Oh, you can believe in me