Top Wedding Songs

On my way to work one morning, I was listening to a station whose DJs were counting down the Top 10 Wedding Songs. Part of the list were the usual "I Could Not Ask For More" by Edwin McCain, "I Wanna Grow Old With You" by Adam Sandler which is one of our favorites, "The Way You Look Tonight" by Tony Bennett, and "All My Life" by America. "I'll Be," another of Edwin McCain's oft-sung ballads was out of the list coz of the song's overall theme. What caught my attention though, was the inclusion of "Loving You" by Michael Ball.

Who is Michael Ball? And what was "Loving You" about? Well, thanks to Google, I find out he's a operatic-musical-type-of-singer. Here are the lyrics. (Unfortunately, however, I still haven't heard the song):

Loving you is not a choice
It’s who I am
Loving you is not a choice
Not much reason to rejoice
But it gives me purpose
Gives me voice
To say to the world
This is why I live
You are what I live
This is why I live

Loving you is why I do the things I do
Loving you is not in my control
But loving you I have a goal
For what’s left of my life
I will live
And I will die
For you

It gives me purpose
Gives me voice
To say to the world
This is why I live
Yes, this is why I live
Loving you is why I do the things I do
Loving you is not in my control
But loving you
I have a goal
For what’s left of my life
I will live
And I will die
For you

I will live
And I will die
For you.

It may not sound so romantic with the lines, "Loving you is not a choice, Not much reason to rejoice," but then, this isn't the courtship stage any longer. That's over, as well as the Wedding. Now the Marriage begins. And, to me, since we've already decided to take that lifelong plunge, it's time to stand by that decision, and strive to make things work, no matter hope hopeless things may be, at times. "Loving you is why I do the things I do, Loving you is not in my control, But loving you I have a goal, For what’s left of my life, I will live And I will die For you".