¡MORE THAN THIS

 

 It happened a long hell time ago. It was the Winter of 86 and I had been dating this brunette girl for a while and we´d had a party at her place house. It was the wee of the morning just she and I in a living room. Everyone else has either left or gone to bed. We were a little buzzed and this song came on. She got up and just started swaying and dancing so sweet and slow. She put her hand out and took my hand to come dance with her and it was like a lightning bolt: I felt in love with her right there. 36 years later the song still gives me chills when the memories creep in. In my mind she reaches out to take my hand and dance. This song will always be special to me and who knows? Maybe she still remembers it too. The song is included in the movie Lost in Translation. The film is about two people who were born for each other 30 years apart, having the chance to live their love story for a very short period of time, it´s true love but…

I have been watching the movie 50 times and I still can´t get enough. I love the story of the film. The music complements the movie so smoothly. They both are having a hard time in life in a foreign country with a language they don´t speak. They find each other and despite their age difference, they feel they were meant for each other. But they are engaged in relationships that don´t want to destroy. Sometime we can´t get what we want.

I can´t think of a more magical song. We were one. We were special or we felt special. The thing is that the song is attached to my soul. Love, after all, comes when you less expected. Anyway, I knew then and I know now that more than this you know there´s nothing. Whenever she is, God, please, don´t get lost in the translation. Do something.

Sergio Calle Llorens