Song for the night (why aren't you watching Torchwood?)....

I love me some British shows, and my fave right now is the Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood. It follows a Welsh X-Files-type institute investigating extraterrestials and paranormal occurances. The lead character, Jack Harkness, weaves in and out of storylines not unlike Scott Bakula in Quantum Leap. The one twist of note is that Harkness not only is immortal (happening with a death-resurrection plotline that has him usurping identity) but also matter-of-factly bisexual. My favorite episode is where Jack goes back and finds the man whose name he carries. By the end, Torchwood's Jack has fallen for the real Jack Harness, and share a dance and kiss before he is forced to go back through the portal. It still gives me goosebumps.

Well someone paired that episode with a beautiful Italian pop song called "Ostacoli Del Cuore", or Obstacles Of The Heart, by Elisa and Ligabue. It's a powerful song even without knowing the words...

There a beginning of magic
Between the obstacles of the heart
Which seizes us gladly
In the course of an evening which doesn't die out.
It's a night not to discard like a Christmas wrapping.
There's a beginning of irony in having caresses
The most secret thoughts and finding them revealed
And I was the one speaking, the one who gave them over.
How many things there are that you don't know about me.
How things thing there are that you cannot know.
How many things there are to take on this journey together.
There's a beginning of joy between the obstacles of the heart
That I want to be deserving of also while I am watching the sea and let myself be shipwrecked, a ridiculous thought.
How many things there are that you don't know about me
How many things there are that you cannot know
How many things there are to take on this journey together
How many things there are that you don't know about me
How many things that you ought to deserve
How many things there are to throw away on a journey together.
There's a beginning to energy
That forces me to sway
Between what I say and what I do
And listening makes noise
It makes noise to walk
Between the obstacles of the heart
How many things there are that you don't know about me
How many things there are that you cannot know
How many things there are to take on this journey together
How many things there are that you don't know about me
How many things there are that you don't want to know
How many things there are to throw away on this journey together.

Peace out.