When We Were Young – Adele.
Well… This is the last chapter, and I’ve allocated my last song. I’ve been on this journey now for over a year and it’s come to an end. I hope for those of you who’ve read my book and have taken it one step further by listening to these songs and completed these extra readings, that you’ve enjoyed every moment of it and have found clarity, just as I have.
I know Adele wrote this song as if she were at a party or reunion of sorts, and coming to terms with her loss of youth. But, I related to it as it’s a one-way conversation where our protagonists begs for a crumb of resemblance to the person she used to know. But there isn’t anything left.
I always wanted to end my novel in a way that was bleak and miserable. I always appreciated endings where there was no happy ending as I feel like real life is almost as unforgiving. I can appreciate those willing to lose themselves in the fantasy of fiction where everyone lives “happily ever after” and there are no consequences for conflict, but in Fallen Through, there was.
All thats left is the memories Tyler and Adeline shared, which is all I have left now. But at least I have closure and I found it all by myself. It’s not the ending that you may have wanted, but it’s the ending we have, and I sincerely hope that it shows the consequences that risking your sobriety has on you, your loved ones, your loved ones loved ones. It’s an ever ending cycle and this affects everyone.
Stay safe, friends. The musical pairings has concluded and our needle is running the end of this record.
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