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The website content is a personal reflection on the emotional impact of the song "I Hear a Symphony" by Diana Ross and the Supremes, as it relates to the author's past relationship with a significant other.

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The author expresses a deep, nostalgic sadness while listening to "I Hear a Symphony," a song that evokes powerful memories of a past love. This relationship is described as a once-in-a-lifetime connection, filled with understanding and mutual appreciation. The author reminisces about the joy and intensity of their time together, from the excitement of everyday moments to the profound bond they shared during travels and conversations. Despite the passage of time, the memory of this love remains vivid, and the song serves as a poignant reminder of what has been lost, leaving the author teary-eyed and reflective on the silence that now marks the end of their shared symphony.

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The author has profound emotional ties to the song "I Hear a Symphony," which intensifies their longing for a past partner.
There is a sense of having experienced an exceptional and rare connection with their former partner, characterized by deep understanding and communication.
The physical and emotional intimacy shared in the past is deeply missed, as indicated by the vivid descriptions of affectionate moments.
The author believes in a cosmic connection with their past love, feeling as though they could sense each other's thoughts across distances.
Despite the relationship's end, the author cherishes the memories and the impact of the love they experienced, suggesting a lasting influence on their life.

I Hear a Symphony … Even Though the Music is Silenced

The Diana Ross and the Supremes song that makes me long for you

**Complex and beautifully sad** Photo by Kael Bloom on Unsplash

I have grave doubts about writing and posting this. I don’t know if I want to feel this sad, today or ever again.

Just typing it, I’m misty.

Doubly so as I listen to the sweet sounds of Diana Ross and the Supremes sing “I Hear a Symphony.”

Baby, baby, whenever you’re near, I hear a symphony …

Funny how song lyrics can get to you.

You are no longer in my life, but you once were, many years ago. You were then, and remain so now, the love of my life. The once-in-a-lifetime woman who many men never find. I was lucky. Luckier than most.

Opening the door to your beaming face, your beautiful being, was a mix of Christmas, New Years Eve, Hanukkah, July 4th, and our birthdays, all rolled into one. A complex amalgam of treats, a symphony. Every single time.

We’d be off for a hike, or a workout or a stroll in the park or a day trip somewhere cool. And, best of all, time connecting and conversing with you. We “got” each other like two humans never got each other before and never have since.

We could say anything to one another and messages would be received in the way they were transmitted, whole, rich with meaning, delivered as intended, understood. The connection that sprang from our communication, precious.

I remember thinking of you (often) and knowing with absolute certainty that you knew, at that moment, I was thinking of you. It happened over and over and over again, that connection across the earth. Feeling like it was across the universe.

Ah, our travels. New York and DC and Boston, the California coast and our local mountains. Seeing the same things, sharing the same experiences, laughing at the same moments, loving life, loving you. And, you loving me.

And touching you. Coming up behind you in the kitchen while you tried to fix food and cupping the delicious ripe fullness of you, nuzzling your neck, breathing you in. Thrilling to your touch and being thrilled that you loved mine too.

Whenever you’re near, I hear a symphony A tender melody, pulling me closer, closer to your arms Then suddenly, ooh, your lips are touching mine A feeling so divine ’til I leave the past behind I’m lost in a world made for you and me

Whenever you’re near, I hear a symphony Play sweet and tenderly, every time your lips meet mine Now baby, baby you bring much joy within, don’t let this feeling end Let it go on and on and on

But, now writing this, even all these years later, I’m teary-eyed for us.

Because we are no more.

The last sweet sounds of our “symphony” have faded away. We are silenced, all the notes have been played.