Most of you know that I don’t watch many movies … never have.  First, I cannot sit still for a full two hours without doing something, and second, I do not hear well, and so rarely understand dialog unless it is closed-captioned, and then I am so busy reading captions that I am not seeing the movie.  So instead, I read books.  There are, however, a few notable exceptions.  Early in my teen years, came a movie, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, starring Debbie Reynolds, and in part based on the sinking of the Titanic. It was among my favourite movies, and I have been fascinated by the story of the Titanic (as well as the Lusitania) ever since.  So, in 1997 when the movie Titanic, starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio came out … I waited for the closed-captioned video and late one Saturday night, I lay in bed watching it.  The one song that has stuck with me from the movie is My Heart Will Go On.  Molly Brown made an appearance in this one too, only played by Kathy Bates of Stephen King’s Dolores Claiborne fame.

My Heart Will Go On
Celine Dion

Every night in my dreams
I see you, I feel you
That is how I know you go on

Far across the distance
And spaces between us
You have come to show you go on

Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more you open the door
And you’re here in my heart
And my heart will go on and on

Love can touch us one time
And last for a lifetime
And never let go till we’re gone

Love was when I loved you
One true time I hold to
In my life we’ll always go on

Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more you open the door
And you’re here in my heart
And my heart will go on and on

You’re here, there’s nothing I fear
And I know that my heart will go on
We’ll stay forever this way
You are safe in my heart and
My heart will go on and on

Songwriters: James Horner / Will Jennings
My Heart Will Go On lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG Rights Management