--- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@...> 
wrote:
>
> I rebuke thee, I rebuke the, I rebuke thee.  Get thee behind me.
> 
> (I've heard that works.) 

Curtis, this whole exchange, and the concerted attempt
to keep you in it and continually replying, never to
escape, reminds me of an interesting song by Sarah 
McLachlan. 

There is an interesting story behind it. She wrote it
to exorcise a guy who had been stalking her, somewhat
dangerously. He kept writing her letters, sending her
things, and telling her details of a love life between
the two of them that he only imagined existed. He imag-
ined that her song lyrics were written directly to him,
and gave him "secret messages" that she returned his
affections. When she ignored him, he persisted. When 
she told him to get lost, he turned nasty, and started 
to send her rape fantasies instead of roses. and she 
had to call in the police. After they steered the sick 
fuck to the enforced psychiatric help he'd needed for 
some time, Sarah wrote this song to get the bad taste 
of it all out of her mind. Many of the lyrics are 
directly from the stalker's letters.

The song became one of her biggest hits. Living well 
is the best revenge.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucdnm8iU-5c&ob=av2e

Listen as the wind blows
>From across the great divide
Voices trapped in yearning
Memories trapped in time
The night is my companion
And solitude my guide
Would I spend forever here
And not be satisfied

And I would be the one
To hold you down
Kiss you so hard
I'll take your breath away
And after I'd wipe away the tears
Just close your eyes dear

Through this world I've stumbled
So many times betrayed
Trying to find an honest word
To find the truth enslaved
Oh you speak to me in riddles and
You speak to me in rhymes
My body aches to breathe your breath
You words keep me alive

And I would be the one
To hold you down
Kiss you so hard
I'll take your breath away
And after I'd wipe away the tears
Just close your eyes dear

Into this night I wander
It's morning that I dread
Another day of knowing of
The path I fear to tread
Oh into the sea of waking dreams
I follow without pride
Nothing stands between us here
And I won't be denied

And I would be the one
To hold you down
Kiss you so hard
I'll take your breath away
And after I'd wipe away the tears
Just close your eyes dear 

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