"Cool"--Gwen Steffani

It's hard to remember how it felt before
Now I found the love of my life
Passes things, get more comfortable
Everything is going right
And after all the obstacles
It's good to see you now with someone else
And it's such a miracle that you and me are still good friends
After all that we've been through
I know we're cool
I know we're cool
And we used to think it was impossible
Now you call me by my new last name
Memories seem like so long ago
Time always kills the pain
Remember Harbor Boulevard
The dreaming days where the mess was made
Look how all the kids have grown, oh
We have changed but we're still the same
After all that we've been through
I know we're cool
I know we're cool
Yeah, I know we're cool
And I'll be happy for you
If you can be happy for me
Circles and triangles
And now we're hanging out with your new girlfriend
So far from where we've been
I know we're cool
I know we're cool
C-cool, uh-uh
I know we're cool, uh-uh
Uh, I know we're cool
C-cool, yeah
I know we're cool
You knew...

This song is about a guy and a girl who were once in love, but then broke up and remained good friends. I found this song interesting because usually after a break up, its not always easy to make the transition into a friendly relationship. This song actually reminds me a lot about a relationship I had last summer. When summer ended, so did our feelings for each other. Though, my ex and I still remained good friends and have progressed into different relationships since then. It was a slow process, and we still had our arguments at first, but eventually we were able to put our differences into the past, and focus on all the good times we had on those long summer days.
When Gwen sings the metaphor, “Time always kills the pain”, she means that becoming friends right after breaking up is really difficult and frustrating. Often at least one person in the couple will still have feelings for the other, making it harder to see them again. If you wait a while after, the time spent apart allows you to move on and possibly find someone new when you have successfully healed.

In my opinion, "The Healing Heart" by Gary R. Hess is similar to the song "Cool" by Gwen Steffani because their theme is both about moving on and continuing happiness. In Gwen's song, she talks about the obstacles her and her ex had to face in the past, and that they are able to keep it behind them. "And I'll be happy for you If you can be happy for me," Gwen says eventually as the former couple meet eachothers new loves. During the poem of "The Healing Heart", Gary sounds like he is struggling at first to adjust to a single life, but then "Sadness comes to an end/[and]happiness conqueres hate". That he has recovered from his breakup, and has found someone else. Feeling better and moving forward, his hope has been regained.

"The Healing Heart"--Gary R. Hess
Shattered heart forced to heal
as greatness unveils thine soul.
Hope whispered in the distance,
to recover thine lost love.
'Tis night brings tender passing,
healing thine soul with glorious blunder.
Caus' not one or two,
but dissipated nights of dreams.
Sadness comes to end,
happiness conquered hate.
Love sprouting -- sadness shrinking,
hope has come again.