
But we are happily fools for love at various times in our lives. There’s no other way, really. That leap of faith to give yourself to another person requires a willing suspension of disbelief — a denial of statistics, empirical evidence and good sense. But we do it all the time. And I think, judging from the sweep of popular music history, we tend to like it like that. Who, after all, wants a “sensible” relationship?