Clare Henney: My Love for these Guys Can't Be Moved

Going back to the corner where I first saw you
Gonna camp in my sleeping bag I’m not gonna move…

I can probably name at least five friends of mine who get all sentimental just hearing those first two lines of the song The Man Who Can’t Be Moved. I’ve been in love with the band The Script for a few years now and it all started with that song. I love how Danny, the lead singer and one of the writers of the song explained what it was all about:

The story behind this song is this guy who goes back to the corner where he first met his ex-girlfriend. You know how in this day and age where we can buy our way back into relationships, buy expensive gifts and do whatever you can to try to get back into the relationship he just decides the best thing he can do is bring himself to this corner. He doesn’t have much money and he just decides to sit and wait. And he sits on the corner he’s got a sleeping bag, his picture of his girlfriend and stuff like that. Just thought a song like this is very relevant in today’s day and age and you can really understand and parallel what love can do for someone.

I became a fan of this band because their lyrics are always well-written and speak of things that a lot of people can relate to. One of their latest singles, If You Could See Me Now, is one of those songs that I can particularly relate to because of my late father.

I’m trying to make you proud
Do everything you did
I hope you’re up there with God saying “That’s my kid!”
I still look for your face in the crowd
Oh if you could see me now

Sometimes you can’t relate to the lyrics at that moment but you did at one point. That’s what I felt when I heard Six Degrees of Separation. You just can’t help but feel sentimental when you hear it.

You’ve read the books,
You’ve watched the shows,
What’s the best way no one knows, yeah,
Meditate, get hypnotized
Anything to take from your mind
But it won’t go
You’re doing all these things out of desperation,
You’re going through six degrees of separation.

It’s too bad that I didn’t get to go to their concert (AGAIN) this year. It’s only been a week since my surgery and I’m still in the recovery stage and being in concert is not the best idea. I would have really loved to watch the show but unfortunately my health (and finances – do you know how much surgery costs these days?) just wouldn’t allow it. Reminds me of this part of their song For the First Time:

And we don’t know how,
How we got into this mess
Is it God’s test?
Someone help us ’cause we’re doing our best,
Trying to make it work but man these times are hard

Still, I consider myself lucky because I caught the live stream of their Manchester concert last St. Patrick’s Day so it felt like I still went to one of their shows this year. I know it would have been better live but it was the next best thing and I am really grateful that I was able to catch it. They even performed one of my favorites, I’m Yours.

I may not have the softest touch
I may not say the words as such
And though I may not look like much
I’m yours
And though my edges may be rough
I never feel I’m quite enough
It may not seem like very much
But I’m yours

It was such a good set list that the band performed during the Manchester show (I heard it was the same list for the Araneta concert last March 31). I was singing along to the song Nothing until I remembered that it was still early in the morning while I was watching so it was pretty quiet and everyone could hear me singing along like a drunk idiot.

And my mates are all there trying to calm me down
‘Cause I’m shouting your name all over town
I’m swearing if I go there now
I can change her mind, turn it all around

And I know that I’m drunk but I’ll say the words
And she’ll listen this time even though they’re slurred
So I, dialed her number and confessed to her
I’m still in love but all I heard
Was nothing

Thanks lads for that live stream. I really hope that I won’t have to resort to that next time and that I can see you guys live. I am such a big fan and it would be an honor if I could watch you guys live and meet you all personally. Anyone out there a Script fan who watched the Manila concert? I heard we were the first with an encore after the encore! I’d love to hear more about it and see the videos!