In case you hadn't noticed, I've been on a bit of a k.d. lang kick lately.
"Kick," "small obsession," tomato, to-mah-to.
I've even taken to listening to some songs while I fall asleep. There's nothing quite like hearing her say, "Sleep, silent angel / Go to sleep" in my ear as I do just that.
Those lyrics are from "The Air That I Breathe," and when singing along (in the car, not in bed) as I am wont to do, I realized I was singing a line wrong. I was singing, "Making love to you / Has left me peaceful, warm, and tired." But that's incorrect.
The actual lyric is: "Making love with you / Has left me peaceful, warm, and tired."
Just one small preposition mix-up, but it makes a world of difference in the song and when using the phrase in life. And I was briefly stunned when I realized the difference. To make love "to" someone makes the other person a rather passive participant in the love-making. But making love with someone -- that's entirely different. That's two people engaged in a (fun, wonderful) activity together.
So thank you, k.d. lang, for writing the difference.
Breaking News Update: While finishing this post, I discovered that lang did not write this song/these lyrics. The Hollies did in 1972. All of the songs from her Drag CD are covers, actually. So I guess I should be thanking The Hollies...but I think I'll stick with k.d. because see above: "obsession."
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