tenacious tomato

maybe it's the never-ending rain, maybe it's the soul-sucking task of marking, maybe it's having people misunderstand the beautiful thing i found this summer ... whatever it is, it hurts. recently, i discovered this song by the band pink martini (great name, i know), and my itunes play count on it keeps rising as i spin it to soothe the ache. the lyrics help me recall the strength that i found this summer in my beautiful thing, my love for which people seem insistent on misunderstanding as some sort of failure -- of character? of ambition? i'm not sure. i want to shout back "but you don't understand! i found so much i thought i'd lost forever! now, i can go on! now, i have the strength!" it isn't the season for shouting, however (and when is it, i might ask), so this little tomato will white-knuckle it and hang on just a little tighter. i'm one stubborn piece of fruit.

Hang on Little Tomato (Pink Martini)

The sun has left and forgotten me
It’s dark, I cannot see
Why does this rain pour down
I’m gonna drown
In a sea
Of deep confusion

Somebody told me, I don’t know who
Whenever you are sad and blue
And you’re feelin’ all alone and left behind
Just take a look inside and you will find

You gotta hold on, hold on through the night
Hang on, things will be all right
Even when it’s dark
And not a bit of sparkling
Sing-song sunshine from above
Spreading rays of sunny love

Just hang on, hang on to the vine
Stay on, soon you’ll be divine
If you start to cry, look up to the sky
Something’s coming up ahead
To turn your tears to dew instead

And so I hold on to his advice
When change is hard and not so nice
You listen to your heart the whole night through
Your sunny someday will come one day soon to you