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The Message -- for Catholics of Southwestern Indiana
July 7"
Learning from love
By CHARLIE MARTIN
Catholic News Service
ADIA
Adia, I do believe I failed you./Adia, I know I've let
you down./Don't you know I tried so hard/To love
you in my way?/It's easy, let it go.
Adia, I'm empty since you left me./I try to find a
way to carry on./I search myself and everyone/To
see where we went wrong./There's no one left to
finger./No one left to blame./No one left to talk
to, honey./There is no one left/To buy our inno-
cence.
REFRAIN
We are born innocent./Believe me, Adia./We are still
innocent./It's easy./We all falter./Does it
matter?/Believe me, Adia.
Adia, I thought that/We could make it.fl know l
can't change/The way you feel./I leave you with
your misery/A friend who won't betray.fi'll pull you
from your tower./I'll take away your pain,/Show
you all the beauty/You possessdIf only you
would/Let yourself believe.
(REPEAT REFRAIN THREE TIMES.)
Written by Sarah McLachlan and Pierre Marchand
Sung by Sarah McLachlan
Copyright (c) 1997 by Arista Records. Inc.
What do Sara McLachlin, Bonnie Raitt, and the
Indigo Girls have in common? If you know the
answer, you are likely familiar with Lilith Fair, a trav-
eling tour of some of today's best pop artists.
McLachlin is also currently on the charts with
"Adia," a cassingle off her very successful "Surfac-
ing" disc. The song is an interesting tale of a failing
relationship.
The girl in the song is surprised at what has hap-
pened. She has spoken with "everyone to see where
we went wrong." She realizes that there is "no one
left to finger, there's no one left to blame." She always
"thought that we could make it... (but) I can't
change the way you feel."
Despite the disappointment she sings, "We are
born innocent .... We are still innocent." Yet the
truth remains: The romance seems to be over.
Most of us do enter romantic relationships "inno-
cent." This innocence is also lack of experience. We
don't know what we need to know.
Sometimes individuals have unrealistic expecta-
tions about first romances. A worthwhile goal in dat-
ing is to learn about relationships rather than to
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attempt to establish a lasting romance.
This does not mean that teen dating
tant. Every person we love makes a
our own life, just as we make a difference to
other's life.
The song presents two helpful attitudes for
tionships. The first is echoed in the girl's words that
"there's no one left to blame."
Look at your own behavior. What
relationship's outcome? What lesson did you
from dating this person? What will help you
yourself and others in the future?
The second helpful attitude is echoed in the
words, "I'll... show you all the
These words convey an attitude of a
and affirmation. Focus on recognizing goodneSS:
others, and you will receive abundant love..
Being in relationships is part of God's plan to
help us find value and meaning in our own liveS.,
with the girl in the song, you may not
to understand why some dating
However, even when they do, they
opportunities for growth and learning.
Try to regard every experience of caring
others as a way to discover more of the
self.
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may be inappropriate for chil-
dren under 13.
"Whatever" (Sony Classics)
Downbeat coming-of-age
drama in which two high school
seniors (Liza Well and Chad
Morgan) from dysfunctional
families sneak out to drug par-
ties and try casual sex, but end
up going in very different direc-
tions. Writer-director Susan
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angst of rudderless girls lacking
parental guidance, but the
unsentimental narrative is
flawed by one girl
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