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Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Caught by surprise hearing "Let Your Love Flow" earlier today, it was all I could do not to break down crying, both for personal reasons and because of how things feel in the world right now.

Released in 1976, "Let Your Flow" is one of at least half a dozen songs I first remember having an emotional impact on me as a six year old. And that year is probably the first year that I have any memories of from my childhood. I remember my family and I were traveling to Gatlinburg, Tennessee in the summertime and ever since then I always feel a strong connection to the single.

More generally, today it hit me hard because of the lyrics:

There's a reason for the sun-shining skyAnd there's a reason why I'm feeling so highMust be the seasonWhen that love light shines all around us

So let that feeling grab you deep insideAnd send you reeling where your love can't hideAnd then go stealingThrough the moonlit nights with your lover

Just let your love flow like a mountain streamAnd let your love grow with the smallest of dreamsAnd let your love show and you'll know what I meanIt's the seasonLet your love fly like a bird on a wingAnd let your love bind you to all living thingsAnd let your love shine and you'll know what I meanThat's the reason

There's a reason for the warm sweet nightsAnd there's a reason for the candlelightsMust be the seasonWhen those love rights shine all around us

So let that wonder take you into spaceAnd lay you under its loving embraceJust feel the thunderAs it warms your face, you can't hold back