| Patty Griffin – Goodbye Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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To me, it seems to be aimed at the survivors of one who has passed away, by their own hand in "Self Murder-Death", it's a recovery song for the friends & family, of a SUICIDE VICTIM, friend, of whom they had watched the pain and turmoil, sinking away in ebb and flow of disturbing saddness in the long battle of trying to control the mental illness. Where's their Spirit? Did they finally find 'Peace' from the sickness of their suffering pain, which eats away at their Heart & Soul, in their daily battle for sanity. That it takes time to get through Grief, to realize they are gone & won't be back again, and that, no matter how hard you might try... you can't always stop or change another person's will or destiny. This is an especially difficult & emotional song to the person, who knows in their heart, that Suicide will be Their Own Final Act, when all hope is gone, it will be the last grasp, at a sense of control. Two more lines from "When It Don't Come Easy"... 'Tonight I cry for love I've lost, & love I never found' Another song with similar expressions is Lucinda Williams "See What You Lost When You Left This World" |
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| Antony and the Johnsons – Another World Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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From my first listening, I was struck by the beautiful sadness of the "death of life", it may be, as some have said "destruction of nature" though the planet's physical world (light, snow, sun) will likely remain (exception of astroid collision) But in my own interpretation, it feels like staring at death's unknown (either light or abyss) hearing that beckoning call of finality, maybe waiting for it's Peace, as a terminal patient might, or, as in my case (being suicidal & tired of years, of battling the darkness of depression) death by one's own hand, the dissappointment of no longer belonging in human society & all of the things that will be missed from the memories of this natural world. It definitly rings of emotional isolation and best absorbed in the quiet, dark solitude. Another song that pulls out similar emotions "I Feel Like Going Home" The Notting Hillbillies |
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