This Is What A Crush Sounds Like

This song also gets at how simultaneously delicious and brutal this stage of unknowing can be.

I like this version because its so bouncy while also hinting at real longing.

Indeed, this stage when everything is still abstract and intoxicating has some advantages over actually getting together.

The heroin flirtation, thankfully, only lasted 35 years.

Compared to my ongoing 55 years of marriage.

She just likes him so much!

Plenty of crushes are not really sexual or romantic but just soenthusiastic.

Other people can be around.

Also: You cant breathe.

Also: You just want to stop the world and melt with the person.

Also: You are on fire.

At this stage, you might want to pick a specific reason to go for it.

I Take My Chancesby Mary Chapin Carpenter

Because you are daring and free!

Passionate Kissesby Lucinda Williams

Because you deserve all the riches of the world!

You Belong With Meby Taylor Swift

Because no one understands the person like you do!

When You Find Yourself Thinking:Where Are You Going?

I Want to Go Too!

Any Placeby Joan Armatrading

Hello Take Me Anywhereby Night Shop

The world changes when you have a crush.

These entries all double as good road trip songs.

You probably should have called first, sure!

But the city is sticky,the night is cold and dark, and youve beendreaming long enough.

Enough is enough; its time for them to get into your car already.

This is the stage at which you cant pretend that it makes sense.

Fortunately, there are songs for either scenario.

Crushes can make a person crazy.

I Dont Want to Get Over Youby the Magnetic Fields

…And youre not ready to let go.

There are ways to get over a crush, tried-and-true methods self-medication, sleep, distraction.

But sometimes you dontwantto get over it.

You want to dwell.

I like both the original andthe Mary Lou Lord cover.

New Madridby Wilco

…And youre wistful.