And so it goes...

One of my favorite Billy Joel songs fully expresses how I feel about the playoff loss by the Nuggets earlier tonight. Right now, this song exactly expresses how I feel about them losing...to my least favorite team in the league. We had a great love affair this playoffs Nuggets...I held you close and gave you my heart...and once again, you broke it. Come to think of it, this is STILL how I feel about the Sharks losing in the playoffs.


<-- Click the photo to watch Billy perform the song live!!


And So It Goes by Billy Joel [with my comments]

In every heart there is a room
A sanctuary safe and strong
To heal the wounds from lovers past
Until a new one comes along

[at the beginning of the season, you drew me in...I forgot about our failed affair last year...started anew...felt safe, felt strong...]

I spoke to you in cautious tones
You answered me with no pretense
And still I feel I said too much
My silence is my self defense

[I tried not to brag...I kept saying it was early in the season...was it too much?]

And every time I've held a rose
It seems I only felt the thorns
And so it goes, and so it goes
And so will you soon I suppose

[ah yes...the rose that is the playoffs...so quickly turns thorny...and, as the song states...you go too soon]

But if my silence made you leave
Then that would be my worst mistake
So I will share this room with you
And you can have this heart to break

[should I have bragged more? cheered more? I went to every home Shark playoff game...was right there in the room with you...did not attend any Nuggets playoff games...was that my mistake?]

And this is why my eyes are closed
It's just as well for all I've seen
And so it goes, and so it goes
And you're the only one who knows

[that's all I can do...close my eyes...read nothing more about the playoff debacles...and you're the only one who knows why it happened...]

So I would choose to be with you
That's if the choice were mine to make
But you can make decisions too
And you can have this heart to break

[and yet, I still pine for you and the joy you bring with victory...I would always choose to cheer for you...but you break my heart, over and over...]

And so it goes, and so it goes
And you're the only one who knows

Nuggets, Sharks...you're the only ones who know why it didn't all come together...again. I can only close my eyes, shake my head, and try to mend my broken playoff heart.

And so it goes...and so it goes...and so will you soon I suppose...and so it goes...and so it goes...and you're the only one who knows.

Hey, how 'bout those Yankees? Giants? When does college football start? Oh, I'm just hosed aren't I?