…burning desire
in search of “communication.”

Desire in “communication” bears essentially
on the beyond of the being.
But this beyond is not only the nothingness that limits us,
toward which we throw ourselves,

wanting to touch another being;
it is at the same time the interrogation of the being that we are.

…We can surpass our limits only by putting ourselves at risk
and this risk transfigures the object of desire.
Thus, it clearly seems that
at the limit human desire,
and desire is what we are,
bears precisely on the interrogation of ourselves
and of everything that exists.

This is what accounts for human disquiet
ceaselessly engaging the destiny of the being
through the greatest dangers.

–excerpt, On Nietzsche, Notes, p. 255 by Georges Bataille, trans. Stuart Kendall

This “love song” may express the apex of risk.  Yet, risk is the nature of the mammal which we certainly are.  It is by and through risk, the exhilaration, the stimulation which we question ourselves as well as the world…  There is a double transformation: of ourselves, of “everything that exists.”

And this search for communication, the desire to touch does not end.

Jessie’s Girl

By Rick Springfield

Jessie is a friend,
Yeah, I know he’s been a good friend of mine
But lately something’s changed
It ain’t hard to define
Jessie’s got himself a girl and I want to make her mine

And she’s watching him with those eyes
And she’s lovin’ him with that body, I just know it!
And he’s holding her in his arms late, late at night

You know I wish that I had Jessie’s girl
I wish that I had Jessie’s girl
Where can I find a woman like that?

I’ll play along with the charade
That doesn’t seem to be a reason to change
You know I feel so dirty when they start talking cute
I wanna tell her that I love her but the point is probably moot

‘Cause she’s watching him with those eyes
And she’s lovin’ him with that body, I just know it!
And he’s holding her in his arms late, late at night

You know I wish that I had Jessie’s girl
I wish that I had Jessie’s girl
Where can I find a woman like that?

Like Jessie’s girl
I wish that I had Jessie’s girl
Where can I find a woman…
Where can I find a woman like that?

And I’m lookin’ in the mirror all the time
Wonderin’ what she don’t see in me
I’ve been funny; I’ve been cool with the lines
Ain’t that the way love’s supposed to be?

Tell me, where can I find a woman like that?

You know I wish that I had Jessie’s girl
I wish that I had Jessie’s girl
I want Jessie’s girl
Where can I find a woman like that?

Like Jessie’s girl
I wish that I had Jessie’s girl
I want, I want Jessie’s girl

“The girl” was the girlfriend of Rick’s friend Gary. They all attended a stained glass class in Pasadena for a while. The name in the song was changed to “Jessie” because “Gary” didn’t sing very well.
“Jessie’s Girl” is Springfield’s only No. 1 hit.