Wuthering Heights

This year brought a few successes. And a few small disappointments. A couple of betrayals. And one Grand failure. One of my favorite books has always been Wuthering Heights. Many don't like it because its such a tale of emotional tragedy. It was . . .and is . . .literature's first dark romantic novel.
It is a tragic story of love scorned and bullying. A man who let adversity turn his heart to stone and in the end was not able to take back Cathy when she realized that he, and he alone was the great love of her life. And tragic for her to spend her whole life, not seeing that a smaller person in life than her was the only one who could fill the void in her heart. In the end, he Heathcliff was left with a cold heart of stone, and his Cathy was left outside the window in the cold begging him to please let her come back in. I hope that I can keep a measure of forgiveness in my heart. And a large portion of Hope. I don't want to become a man with a heart of stone as he did.

The song Wuthering Heights was originally performed by Kate Bush, but my favorite of it is by Hayley Westenra.

Wuthering Heights lyrics

Out On the wiley, windy moors
We'd roll and fall in green
You had a temper, like my jealousy
Too hot, too greedy
How could you leave me
When I needed to possess you?
I hated you, I loved you too

Bad dreams in the night
They told me I was going to lose the fight
Leave behind my wuthering, wuthering
Wuthering Heights

Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy, I've come home
I'm so cold, let me in in-a-your-window
Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy, I've come home
I'm so cold, let me in in-a-your-window

Oh it gets dark, it gets lonely
On the other side from you
I pine alot, I find the lot
Falls through without you
I'm coming back love, cruel Heathcliff
My one dream, my only master

Too long I roam in the night
I'm coming back to his side to put it right
I'm coming home to wuthering, wuthering
Wuthering Heights

Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy, I've come home
I'm so cold, let me in in-a-your-window
Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy, I've come home
I'm so cold, let me in in-a-your-window

Ooh let me have it, let me grab your soul away
Ooh let me have it, let me grab your soul away
You know it's me, Cathy

Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy come home
I'm so cold, let me in in-a-your-window
Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy come home
I'm so cold, let me in in-a-your-window
Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy come home
I'm so cold