Romeo And Juliet

i remember watching baz luhrmann's william shakespeare's romeo + juliet for the first time 10 years ago, under perfectly delightful circumstances (read: sitting next to my first "boyfriend"). but even without 14-year-old girlishness factored in, shakespeare's text was powerful enough, even to my then-untrained ear, to jet the movie straight to my all-time favourites list. i think leo might have had something to do with it, too (no surprises there...) anyway, the important thing is that i didn't pay much attention at the time to the siren who crooned sultrily at the capulets' ball as a drugged romeo first laid eyes on a fairylike juliet.

fast forward 3 years, to when i finally figured out the significance of sade (and how her name was actually pronounced).

and then cut to another 7 later. the song -- in all its spectacular brevity -- has very unexpectedly made it to the top of my playlist. it may actually be the most intense song i own. [apparently sade may have had something to do with the lyrics -- unclear -- but the voice is that of des'ree. no matter, still hot.] more important thing is that this admission comes from the girl who usually vacillates between trance, hip-hop and hindi remixes. hua kya hai mujhe!?

Kissing You (Love Theme from Romeo + Juliet)

Pride can stand a thousand trials
The strong will never fall
But watching stars without you
My soul cries

Heaving heart is full of pain
Oooh, oooh, the aching
'Cause I'm kissing you, oooh
I'm kissing you, oooh

Touch me deep, pure and true
Give to me forever
'Cause I'm kissing you, oooh
I'm kissing you, oooh

Where are you now
Where are you now
'Cause I'm kissing you
I'm kissing you, oooh