Back before the Police's "Every breath you take" made people think of stalkers.
Back, way back in the midsts of time I had a most lovely girlfriend in high school. I was really quite lucky to have ended up with such a wonderful girl and she was a big fan of Sting and all things Police.

"Our song" wound up being "Every breath you take" and neither of us thought of it as in the "I'll follow you and look in your windows and stalk you" just that it was a nice song.

After high school I moved away and we tried the long-distance thing but it eventually faded away as it was certain to do and although I saw her once after that on a visit back to the old neighborhood the reception was chilly and I accepted the fact that we'd never be friends.

Every time I heard "our song" I used to think back to the good times, but invariably the bad and I'd turn it off. Funny really because between then and now I've had other girlfriends, been married, fathered two lovely kids and so on.

cut to last year, I get a note on facebook asking if I'm the old boyfriend from years ago. I couldn't tell from the picture but the name was familiar. Over the course of the year we got caught up, apologized for our behaviors, became good friends again.

Now the stigma attached to that song is gone, replaced with the good thought that we are friends again. I've even got Ziggy's cover of it on my MP3 player which it randomly picks every so often and makes me smile.
(Lurkaloid awarded wanking black belt on, Tue 2 Feb 2010, 17:08, 2 replies)

Back before anyone had heard the lyrics?
Personally, Sting's vocals make me think of The Black & White Minstrels and Al Jolson.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 2 Feb 2010, 17:54, closed)

I have a similar problem
with the song "Mirrorball" by Elbow. Makes me think of an ex of mine, but only really the bad times. Kinda sucks as I do think it's rather a good song.
(General_Manchego, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 17:04, closed)