For today anyway. I was hoping for the perfect Valentine’s Day post. But the words wouldn’t come.

So I thought instead I would switch to music. There are millions of love songs out there. Some of them I even like. I could post a video of a love song. It would be fitting for the day. But which one.

Maybe a song with a spiritual message I thought, something that showed God’s love but that at the same time reminds us of the need for repentance. Something like Chi Coltrane’s “The Message.”

Lyrically it seemed like a perfect fit. But looking online I couldn’t find any videos of the song. Given how much you can find on YouTube these days, I have to wonder if she ever performed it live. Or maybe it is just that no-one in the audience was carrying a camera in those pre-cell phone days.

So here are the lyrics instead, to the title track from The Message. If you can’t understand the Latin (shame oi you), try Google Translate. And below you’ll find a different Chi Coltrane love song with a similar theme just to give you a taste of how she sounds..

You’re always much too busy to know he’s at the door
And why are all his unopened letters on the floor?
You’ve always got your eyes on some other lover
Now just what makes you think that he’ll choose you above all others?

You know he can afford to choose the chosen of the choice
Or aren’t you paying attention to the warning in his voice?
I was standing right beside him when he called you yesterday
And now you’d better listen to the words I have to say

I’ve got a message, got a message for you
I’ve got a message, got a message for you
He still loves you but you’ve got to change
He still loves you, but that time is almost through

Magui est momenti
Cito festinate
Tempus cito fugit
Nun jam dubitate

Don’t you remember how once you were so in love?
Whatever in the world can you be thinking of?
You must have forgotten what it’s like to be with him
I came here to remind you ‘cause I’m in love with him myself

You know that you’re no princess yet you dream your prince will come
But you are so unfit how can you think that he is so dumb?
You’re fat with information that you never put to use
Now how can you expect to find any comfort in the truth?

I’ve got a message, got a message for you
I’ve got a message, got a message for you
He still loves you but you’ve got to change
He still loves you, but that time is almost through

He won’t be waiting so much longer now for you
You’ve got to change, you’ve got to change