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what is your definition of deep?

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In relationships...

Posted - November 18, 2016

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  • 46117
    Profound.

    This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at November 18, 2016 1:13 PM MST
      November 18, 2016 1:11 PM MST
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  • I would probably love dancing to the rhythm at a party.
    Unfortunately I have some kind of difficulty with most (not all) op music: I can't hear more than 10% of the lyrics at best.
    I heard snatches: " between two times... fill my pockets full of stones....  lay me down...  let the overflow... be my sun/son..."
    Without the written lyrics, the meaning is lost to me
      November 18, 2016 3:29 PM MST
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  • 46117
    I did not know you cannot hear well.  

    How could I have known?  I'm glad you told me.  It is more about the idea of water and depth.  And thank you also for trying to listen.



    What the Water Gave Me

    Florence and the Machine

    Time it took us
    To where the water was
    That's what the water gave me
    And time goes quicker
    Between the two of us
    Oh, my love, don't forsake me
    Take what the water gave me

    Lay me down
    Let the only sound
    Be the overflow
    Pockets full of stones

    Lay me down
    Let the only sound
    Be the overflow

    And oh, poor Atlas
    The world's a beast of a burden
    You've been holding on a long time
    And all this longing
    And the ships are left to rust
    That's what the water gave us

    So lay me down
    Let the only sound
    Be the overflow
    Pockets full of stones
    Lay me down
    Let the only sound
    Be the overflow

    'Cause they took your loved ones
    But returned them in exchange for you
    But would you have it any other way?
    Would you have it any other way?
    You could have it any other way

    'Cause she's a cruel mistress
    And the bargain must be made
    But oh, my love, don't forget me
    When I let the water take me

    So, lay me down
    Let the only sound
    Be the over flow
    Pockets full of stones

    Lay me down
    Let the only sound
    Be the overflow

    Lay me down
    Let the only sound
    Be the overflow
    Pockets full of stones

    Lay me down
    Let the only sound This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at November 18, 2016 3:33 PM MST
      November 18, 2016 3:31 PM MST
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  • Very sad - from the Greek myth of Atlas - somehow echoing some feeling in the singer-songwriter's story.
    Thanks for sharing those lyrics, Sharonna. :-)
      December 5, 2016 5:11 AM MST
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  • Unfathomable.
      November 18, 2016 1:13 PM MST
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  • In your view, does that mean anything impossible to measure or to understand?
      November 18, 2016 3:17 PM MST
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  • 17261
    Sincerity.
      November 18, 2016 1:25 PM MST
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  • Indeed. If two people are completely open about their feelings, thoughts, motives, and experiences, then there is no limit to the depth of connection and intimacy we can share.
    Thank you! :-) This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at December 7, 2016 12:38 AM MST
      November 18, 2016 3:15 PM MST
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  • 17261
    Within sincerity the most will be covered to my beliefs.
      November 18, 2016 3:19 PM MST
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  • 3934
      November 18, 2016 2:04 PM MST
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  • A genuine care for another's feelings, and particularly the ego. 

    Touch the ego, and all could be lost.
      December 4, 2016 7:11 PM MST
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  • That's a really interesting answer.
    Do well do we know another's ego? What their strong and weak points are?
    I think there are ways of speaking which are less likely to hurt egos; probably avoiding negative judgements, criticisms, and blame; using language that takes responsibility for one's own perceptions, interpretations, feelings, needs and requests.
    I usually think of deep as going as thoroughly as is possible into any topic - immersion.
    Sailors used to drop a weighted rope with knots at specified intervals to "fathom" how deep the water was.
    I enjoy fathoming. And then getting out the scuba gear. This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at December 7, 2016 1:00 AM MST
      December 7, 2016 12:46 AM MST
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  • If I remember well, one fathom equals six feet? 
      December 7, 2016 1:01 AM MST
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  • Yep.
    I tried scuba once. There might have been something wrong with the gas or my breathing technique because I felt high as a kite afterwards.
    But chasing things deeply does often make me feel high.
      December 7, 2016 1:06 AM MST
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  • 2218
    Got it in one.
      December 7, 2016 5:54 AM MST
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  • 326
    Image result for donkey deep
      December 4, 2016 7:19 PM MST
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