Always on Your Side - not about Japan

I've been hearing this song on the radio lately. It's funny because I don't relate to the narrator's point of view, but to the person the narrator is describing: waiting to be picked, the angels and the demons, wandering eternally looking for -- something -- what, I don't know, but I DO know I don't have it . I see love all around me, but I have no idea how to pull it close and experience it. Butterflies are destined to fly. You can't pin them down without killing them. But sometimes I wonder if the butterflies would rather stay crawling along the ground where it's safe, where life moves at a slower pace, where the wind doesn't blow you to and fro. I guess, in their own way, butterflies are square pegs, too. At least I think they are in this song. Scroll down past the lyrics to watch the music video (clean) if you want. It's Sheryl Crow and Sting.

"Always On Your Side"
My yesterdays are all boxed up and neatly put away
But every now and then you come to mind
Cause you were always waiting to be picked to play the game
But when your name was called, you found a place to hide
When you knew that I was always on your side

Well everything was easy then, so sweet and innocent
But your demons and your angels reappeared
Leavin' all the traces of the man you thought you'd be
Leavin' me with no place left to go from here
Leavin' me so many questions all these years

But is there someplace far away, someplace where all is clear
Easy to start over with the ones you hold so dear
Or are you left to wonder, all alone, eternally
This isn't how it's really meant to be
No it isn't how it's really meant to be

Well they say that love is in the air, but never is it clear,
How to pull it close and make it stay
Butterflies are free to fly, and so they fly away
And I'm left to carry on and wonder why
Even through it all, I'm always on your side

But is there someplace far away, someplace where all is clear
Easy to start over with the ones you hold so dear
Or are we left to wonder, all alone, eternally
But is this how it's really meant to be
No is it how it's really meant to be

Well if they say that love is in the air, never is it clear
How to pull it close and make it stay
If butterflies are free to fly, why do they fly away
Leavin' me to carry on and wonder why
Was it you that kept me wondering through this life
When you know that I was always on your side

If the video doesn't play, click on the link to the website and do a search for "Always On Your Side" and you'll get it. It's worth it! It's free. :)

Sheryl Crow - Always On Your Side