The perfect song

Hi students:

Today I'm going to refer to what I consider a perfect song. The song is actually called "Perfect day". It was written by New Yorker Lou Reed and it is very well know because it was used in the movie Trainspotting in the 90’s but it was originally written and published in 1973.

I like this song because its lyrics are simple and talk about things anybody could do in a given day, like feeding animals in the zoo, drinking sangria in a park or simply watching a movie and then go home.

Anyhow, such ideas are simple and effective because the lyrics refer to a perfect day shared by two people who get along well and the main character of the story is glad (happy) that he could spend such perfect day with the other person.

However, the line that I like most in the song goes like this: “you made me forget myself. I thought I was someone else, someone good”. I find this idea overwhelming because sometimes I feel like that when I’m surrounded by the right people.

Some years ago I had a perfect day with a girl I used to love a lot. We didn’t have a relationship. We were not girlfriend and boyfriend, but we loved each other and we had only ONE day to spend time together for the last time.

We were living in Sydney, Australia, and she had to go back to her country (Switzerland) and we spend a entire day in the city, walking around, eating chips and drinking iced tea and latte. We took a ferry (boat) and walked along a beautiful beach, then we saw the sunset on the ferry back to the city. After that, we ate at a restaurant where we had to share the table with a group of retired couples and we finally went to a bar where we drank our last beer and said goodbye.

I felt like someone good. Perfect feeling with the right person. Simply, a perfect day.