A Perfect Circle, "3 Libras"

This desperate, beautiful song, from A Perfect Circle's debut album Mer de Noms (2000), resonates very deeply in my soul. To me, this song is all about unrequited love. A guy is terribly smitten by some woman, but despite all his efforts he can't get the woman to notice him.

At least least once in our lives, we probably had to suffer through not being noticed. It doesn't even have to be about love; this could easily apply to other situations, such as going friendless through high school or looking for a promotion at work. You try all you can to be noticed, but all you end up being is just a face in a crowd. "A name in your recollection/Down among a million same," as is said in the song.

This leads to despair: "Difficult not to feel a little bit/Disappointed and passed over/When I look right through/To see you naked but oblivious/And you don't see me." While the song doesn't bring these feelings to any conclusion, the old saying "Good things come to those who wait" certainly applies here. We all may get sad or angry at the situation that you are in, but if we are patient enough, things will come out better in the end.

You can check out this wonderful song here.