My favorite word. I love how versatile it is.
It can be used as an affirmation, “Here I am.“ It can be used to incite action, ”Come here.“ It can be used as a concession, “Here. Take it.” It can be used to express a sense of belonging,”Here in your arms.” It can be used to summarize Kurt Cobain’s sense of displacement, “Neither here nor there.” It can be used to describe Doug Martsch’s quiet desperation, “You should’ve been here.” It can be used to proclaim Stephen Malkmus’ veiled truths, “Everything’s ending here.” It can be used as a sum of all these parts in addition to serving as my own reminder against the waves of wanderlust and light living, an appeal to stop getting lost and stay, ”here.”
