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RUSH

Does anyone else have a band that has narrated the moments in their life, so much so that certain songs are almost difficult to listen to, years later? Well, I have a few bands like that and RUSH is one of them. Last night I finally was able to finish what Tom started by seeing Geddy Lee of RUSH in person, during his book speaking tour. The years of Tom and I dating had us listening to his favorite bands and some of mine too. If he were still around, I'd imagine he'd say that INXS narrated our dating lives and I'd say RUSH narrated our dating lives and that would be because we each loved the others favorite band. When he casually told me that he loved listening to RUSH, I'd have no idea how much those songs would change my life. The bittersweet memories I have of the two of us discussing our future together at the young ages of 16 and 17 with Subdivisions, Limelight, or Closer to the Heart, would have me feeling actual butterflies and when I hear those melodic tunes beginning I'm instantly transported back to feeling like I'm near him as a teen again. "Cast in the unlikely role", I am without my person for the rest of my life, but I have never lost him in my heart. "The real relation, the underlying theme," is my broken heart could not endure hearing the songs I once adored, for over 25 years. I had to put them aside until I wrote my memoir. The songs now flow easily and I can listen without crying. "To mold a new reality," I had to move through those old songs again in order to heal my broken heart. Tom is "Closer to the heart," than ever before, because "to sow a new mentality," I wrote as I listened and felt Tom nearby as I told our heartbreaking tale. The tragic loss of him will forever have my heart rebreaking as I "sail closer to the heart."

So, seeing Geddy Lee helps close yet another chapter of my life, I completed some imaginary checklist I had decades ago by finally seeing the man who sang to me when I was feeling some of life's most extraordinary moments. Now, if we can get Geddy and Alex back together for a farewell tour. Maybe Neil and Tom can whisper in their ears for those of us down here who need it.


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