My buddy John Alabaszowski will likely remember me saying in high school that, “Love is an over-used theme in way too many songs – something I will be avoiding.”  Ah well, maybe I should have attended more physics and english classes to appreciate the latent and potential energy of the Eros/Pathos dynamic.

That being said, another friend, Steve Pulchalski recently made a fine point: The english language relies heavily on a single word to express the almost trivial to the almost unfathomable – Love.

Make Me Love You

You’re gonna make me love you
You’re gonna make me breakdown baby, do
You’re gonna make me love you
If I stick around to see

Your charms are sweet and lovely
Your arms could stop a baby’s cry
It’s such a nice recovery
To hesitate I wonder why

But I love the whole world
If I stop to notice anything
Outside my own window

And it’s all about a girl
The hope, the need, the grace, the greed
It’s the Eros that keeps this world on turning

The call has all but won me
And you’re all cream and flowing honey
A fine prize anyone could see
But it’s goodbye for the likes of me

But I love the whole world
When I stop to notice all the roses
Outside my own window

And it’s all about a girl
The hope, the need, the grace, the greed
It’s the Pathos that keeps this world on turning