AaRON - U-Turn

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Lili, take another walk out of your fake world
Please put all the drugs out of your hand
You'll see that you can breath without no back up
So much stuff you got to understand

For every step in any walk
Any town of any thought
I'll be your guide
For every street of any scene
Any place you've never been
I'll be your guide

Lili, you know there's still a place for people like us
The same blood runs in every hand
You see it's not the wings that make the angel
Just have to move the bats out of your head

For every step in any walk
Any town of any thought
I'll be your guide
For every street of any scene
Any place you've never been
I'll be your guide

Lili, easy as a kiss we'll find an answer
Put all your fears back in the shade
Don't become a ghost without no colour
'Cause you're the best paint life ever made

For every step in any walk
Any town of any thought
I'll be your guide
For every street of any scene
Any place you've never been
I'll be your guide

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If readers ever wondered how I chose Aaron's name, this song is one of the reasons.

At the start, it was the name of a little boy I used to babysit when I was a teenager. It was the first time I heard that name, and since then, I've always loved it.

And then, there was this song by a French duet called AaRON. Funnily enough, their duet name has nothing to do with the name itself as it's an acronym for Artificial Animals Riding On Neverland, but it had to ring a bell in my ears.

This song, which became a hit when it was used for a beautiful movie called Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas (I'm fine, don't worry), is just beautiful, and the singer's voice holds so much emotion. It's one that I used to listen to whenever I felt nostalgic.

It had been a long time since I last listened to it though, and I don't know, perhaps it's because I've terribly missed my baby character lately, or perhaps it's because I've completely drowned back into his story in the last week or so, even getting back to his second book today, or perhaps it's because I reread a few chapters after Ivan's death this afternoon, or perhaps it's because I'm thrilled to start publishing again next week, but... I suddenly needed to hear it again tonight.

And weirdly, I realized that Ivan could have totally written these lyrics for Aaron actually, and that got me all funny...

So I thought I should share it with you, so you can listen to it if you want to, and it was a nice opportunity to also share how I chose our Master Dom's name :)

Published on 15 February 2020

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