A thank-you note to Darren Hayes

Watched an interview with Darren Hayes today on MTV. I love Darren Hayes - no scratch that, I'm in love with Darren Hayes, the public persona he puts out anyway. He's funny, without being a clown. He's sweet, without being saccharine. He's clever, without being pretentious. His music is like someone got into my thoughts and set them to haunting melodies and danceable tunes. And his lyrics - oh, his lyrics! They're so beautiful. Without the music, they'd be poetry. If I had to live my life in a song, I'd pick a Darren Hayes song. The people in his music aren't perfect, but they try, and they find joy and beauty in the simplest things - the shadow of the moon, a lover's old pair of shoes, a cup of coffee. The way he describes love is the way I feel it - "[I]n your eyes/I see the missing pieces/I'm searching for/I think I've found my best friend". I know how entertainment works though, and probably, in real life, you don't always get sentimental, romantic, find-poetry-in-a-cracked- dish Darren, but you know what? That's okay. When I listen to his songs, I can almost believe that love doesn't have to hurt, that you'll find someone one day who makes you think "I can put my faith in you". So, thank you Darren Hayes. It doesn't matter to me that you might drink too much at parties, or recite dirty limericks or leave the cap off the toothpaste. You have penned the anthems of my life. Thank you for that.

Final thought: "If all the world was smiling/I would only ever want to see your frown." So Beautiful, Darren Hayes