While driving to Allen last weekend for a fiasco of a cook-out, we heard Haircut 100’s “Love Plus One” on the radio. Afterwards, I confessed that when I was in high school I had written a similar song entitled “♥ + 5.” I even sang the parts I remembered.

In honor of my 17th anniversary today, I hearby reveal those long-lost lyrics. I won’t sing them to you, but try to imagine them sung by Prince in his “Raspberry Beret” heyday.

♥ + 5 (is wot i feel 4 U)

1 day i met U
1 + 1 = 2
a common skin, a common soul
2 ½’s make 1 whole

♥ + 5 is wot i feel 4 U
No-1 alive + [“adds”] 2 my life like U

I never finished this song, and I don’t plan on finishing this relationship. Happy anniversary.

While driving to Allen last weekend for a fiasco of a cook-out, we heard Haircut 100’s “Love Plus One” on the radio. Afterwards, I confessed that when I was in high school I had written a similar song entitled “♥ + 5.” I even sang the parts I remembered.

In honor of my 17th anniversary today, I hearby reveal those long-lost lyrics. I won’t sing them to you, but try to imagine them sung by Prince in his “Raspberry Beret” heyday.

♥ + 5 (is wot i feel 4 U)

1 day i met U
1 + 1 = 2
a common skin, a common soul
2 ½’s make 1 whole

♥ + 5 is wot i feel 4 U
No-1 alive + [“adds”] 2 my life like U

I never finished this song, and I don’t plan on finishing this relationship. Happy anniversary.