This song. Fuck – this song.  Always hits me right in the gut.

When I was 17 years old, a guy I was dating someone – we were serious – and then someone convinced him he shouldn’t be serious given he was a year older than me.  Things ended – and this song which was just in the background become a different beast.

I went from loving it to hating it.

Chris Cornell is now beyond the veil.  By his hand or by the universes.  Doesn’t matter. A prominent person in my life -in my late teen, early 20s, is gone. A prominent part of the Seattle grunge scene.  I hate that honestly – hate it for many reasons. Not them – the situation.

And I love and hate this song. Still and always.

Because nothing compares to you –