I actually like Dido’s ‘White Flag’. Not enough to pick up the album, but I really, really like it.

I’ve been having an extremely shitty week, or at least one of my loved ones is having an extremely shitty week but of course that affects you. Today as I was walking across campus to her I heard ‘White Flag’ on a radio at the hot dog stand, and it just instantly wormed it’s way into my heart. I normally hate songs like this, of the ‘I’m not over you’ variety. I think in a lot of cases it’s a dangerous mindset to be in, but here Dido is fully admitting that they’re not getting back together, which does mitigate it somewhat. And when I hear

Well I will go down with this ship
And I won’t put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I’m in love and always will be

her brave, doomed resilience touches me. To be honest, I always think of that “I’m in love” not as applying to the ex, but just in general. And always being in love isn’t a bad thing. Success is easy; it’s failing that’s hard. But we all have to do it sometimes.