When you find that person or place or thing that understands you completely, knows all of your ins and outs, recognizes you and accepts you for who you are at your worst, as well as your best - that’s when you begin to experience a level of comfort and, ultimately, of love, that is rarely felt.
We have a sense of safety and security in that place, with that person. We put down the mask that we wear everyday when we step out into the world and we just are, raw, authentic, genuine.
It’s a unique bond, that comfort that we only receive when we don’t feel judged or assessed for our worth. It’s an intense connection and it’s one that, if we manage to make it, should be eternally cherished.
“Please teach me how to be what I was made to be.
See, without you I was nothing,
But with you can be anything...”
Roo Panes epitomizes that feeling in Know Me Well. Starting slowly, subtly, the song reflects the tentative beginnings of a new connection. It then progresses into a full-on love affair, passionate, determined, all-encompassing.
This song embodies a feeling that some of us are lucky enough to experience, if even for just a brief moment in our lives. The lyrics are beautifully simple, brutally honest, and wonderfully emotive, the music is a precise, yet unintrusive accompaniment, and the video is a fitting work of art.
If you come across this feeling in your life’s journey, bask in it and appreciate it for all that it brings. It is everything.