The peace I found living on the beach was intermittently shattered every time I heard “Every Breath You Take” by the Police, which topped the charts that summer and was impossible to escape. It was a sinister song about a man obsessed with a woman he would never let out of his sight. I heard a threat of violence in the lyrics, should the woman get the idea to leave him. Every move you make And every vow you break Every smile you fake Every claim you stake I’ll be watching you
