After writing the ending to my Hardluck submission, I played "Wherever You Will Go" from The Calling's debut album, Camino Palmero. I first heard the song's chorus in previews for the Star Trek prequel series "Enterprise":
If I could, then I would,
I'll go wherever you will go.
Way up high, or down low,
I'll go wherever you will go...
I then heard the song's opening verse on the second episode of "Smallville", in which Clark Kent battles a boy with enhanced insect abilities who has kidnapped Lana Lang intending to mate and kill her. Clark defeats Bugboy, but it's Lana's boyfriend who shows up to collect the credit:
So lately, been wond'rin'
who will be there to take my place.
When I'm gone, you'll need love
to light the shadows on your face.
The song was heavily requested after 9/11, perhaps due to the verses:
If a great weight shall fall, fall upon us all.
There between the sand and stone--
could you make it on your own?
And maybe I'll find out
a way to make it back someday,
to watch you, to guard you,
through the darkest of your day.
If a great weight shall fall, fall upon us all,
then I hope there's someone out there who
can bring me back to you.
A bit too optimistic, perhaps. Then again, illogical optimism is needed most when times are darkest. If it's accepted, you'll see my story's connection to the song as well.
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