What is in a name?

Running into old versions of myself on my hard drive, music that I listened to once upon a time. Music that replaces the silence of late. And I wonder what is in a name? A name that we give ourselves, a name that is given to us. And I wonder what my name is.

This is from an Album that Ara and I used to listen to lying on our backs, in her Sommerville apartment that smelled of cloves, and pot and ashes in beer cans and dirty dishes and human sweat, and joy. Back when I didn't understand this song at all.

October Project:

My name is Ariel
And i want to be free
It is your sorrow
That has made a slave of me
Forgive me
Forgive
But you are all i know
Forgive me for leaving

The day is breaking now
It's time to go away
I'm so afraid to leave
But more afraid to stay
Forgive me
For leaving
The sadness in your eyes
Forgive me

Let the wind and ocean water
Wash across your hands
Wash away a thousand footsteps
Was us all away
Like sand

The sky has fallen
Now the earth is dry and torn
I know your're tired
From the violence of the storm
I love you

I love you
But you are all i know
Forgive me

Let the wind and ocean water
Wash across your hands
Wash away a thousand footsteps
Wash us all away

Let the wind and ocean water
Wash across your hands
Wash away a thousand memories
Wash us all away
Like sand

My name is Ariel