That Place In Your Heart

The very first time I ever heard Ronan Hardiman's hauntingly gorgeous "That Place In Your Heart" I was shunpiking (driving the side roads to avoid the freeways) as I was oft wont to do during that period of my life. I was in the Manteca-Tracy area in the northern San Joaquin Valley area near where it merges with the California Delta driving home to Atascadero from a visit to the Gold Country. It was during the rush hour late one afternoon/early evening in January 2001 and I was listening to 105.5 FM "The River" when it came on and quickly transfixed my heart and blew my mind. I perceived its beauty at that time as transcending most other songs I had ever heard to that point as it really seemed to resonant with something in my then-wounded heart and mind and soul. I made a note of the radio station and the time and upon my return searched the internet for and found the phone number of the station. I called them up and asked them to check their playlist using the info I provided them and we quickly narrowed it down to the correct song. I then proceeded to order two copies of the CD Anthem which contained the song, one copy for me and one for Sally, the extremely nice and helpful lady I talked to on the phone who worked for the radio station (who later sent me a sweet THANK YOU card) as a token of my gratitude for her helping me find the song.

Until I viewed this song on Youtube tonight (last year I checked and none of Hardiman's songs were there) I had not seen the visually sumptuous music video for this song which does the song justice. 

On a side-note it is worth noting this happened at the time in my life I started listening to music again after a dozen-year hiatus (which is another story altogether). That very month of January 2001 I made the transition from analog music (cassettes) to digital music (CD's). This was my very first ever phone order/mail order of CD's as I had just that very month also purchased my very first CD ever (at the now-defunct Wherehouse music store in Atascadero where Cowgirl Cafe is now located) as described in my previous blog post Melancholy Rose by Operatica. Ah, those were the days! I'm now poorer and older but wiser yet I think.



I have included the lyrics below for your edification (courtesy of Justsomelyrics:

walk with me
break some bread here with me
Enemy Why can’t you live with me?
Who are you?
what did i do to you?
Wish i knew Why can’t i live with you?
We are all born the same
Then we seperate
Then the world falls apart
and blame turns to hate
we must not contemplate
how far apart we are there is always a way
to that place in your heart.
Hated one Just put down your gun
done is done
why can’t we live as one?
feel no shame
the air we breath is the same
heal the pain
why do we live in vain?
We are all born the same Then we seperate
Then the world falls apart
and blame turns to hate
we must not contemplate
how far apart we are there is always a way
to that place in your heart