Wicked Game

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You know the song from Chris Isaak. If you don't, you must check it out.

This is by far the most sensuous song and has one of the most sexy videos ever. That this statement can be made after 20 years of the song's release is a testament to itself.

But the thing that bothers me is why this Kolaveri di?

Why are these wicked games so commonplace anyway?

I mean, this is an everlasting worldwide phenomenon. One can find plenty of such references in works of writers, past and present. Many would know something that happened with that guy or girl they once knew.

And I don't buy the skewed ratio argument in this context. Everybody plays games. Though the proficiency of a player may have a correlation with their gender.

It is so confusing. How does one know that the person talking to them right now is not playing them. If it is a normal day, maybe one could read the expressions or the tone or the likes. But we all believe only what we'd like to anyway. And in matters of the heart, the road is slippery more often than not. And the perils associated are often too great to take a chance. That could be a relative concept. But a good number of people take those chances anyway.

Sometimes, when I observe how happy these newly married people seem to be, I wonder whether it is an image they are trying to project or are they really truly that happy. I believe everybody is happy in the short term at least anyway. Sometimes, when one knows the person well, they can ascertain this for themselves. But, generally speaking, it is better to just mind one's own business.

But then again, what exactly is one's business? To play these wicked games, or to let destiny play its wicked games.

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