| Tracy Chapman – The Promise Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| @[depotestad:22992] I totally agree. I just lost a dear friend who was like a sister.... and this song definitely makes me think of her. A Kleenex is definitely needed while listening and thinking of your lost loved one! | |
| David Gray – The One I Love Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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Since my friend passed away, I've been getting songs from her as messages. I'd heard this song a hundred times and never listened to the lyrics before now. I felt compelled to add it to a playlist I made in her memory, not thinking it really fit. I found this interview from David Grey on NPR's website: INSKEEP: There's another song that you've written recently that made me wonder if you've been listening to a lot of old Bruce Springsteen. Mr. GRAY: You must be talking about "The One I Love." (Soundbite of "The One I Love") Mr. GRAY: (Singing) Gonna close my eyes, girl, and watch you go. It's this version of it. We did many versions, but this one ended up very sort of big and uplifting. It sort of has that, you know, slightly epic Springsteen style about it, like a sort of "Born To Run" type thing. We did--we literally threw everything but the kitchen sink at this one. I think there might even be a sample of a kitchen sink in there somewhere. I mean, I'm not joking. I mean... (Soundbite of "The One I Love") Mr. GRAY: (Singing) There's thing I might have said. Only wish I could. Now I'm leaking life faster. Then I'm leaking blood. I just had an image of someone on their deathbed. I guess my stuff's just riddled with sort of mortality. It's the big issue, and it just seems to come up again and again. You mentioned the--you know, doing a slow dissolve, which is another sort of death image in "Slow Motion." You know, ever since my dad died, a couple of other people died around that time, so this--although you wouldn't tell, ostensibly, the song seems very upbeat, and it sort of is, I mean, that's sort of how it works. The dynamic is very much--the guy is dying, but he's choosing to see the glory of life at that moment rather than curse it. INSKEEP: When did your father die? Mr. GRAY: That was a few years ago, 2001. INSKEEP: It continues to affect your songwriting. Mr. GRAY: Oh, I mean, it's just--you know, I've sort of healed. The whole thing's sort of healed over, as these things do in time, but just what it did to me. I've seen people being born, my daughters; I saw him die, and he's just sort of standing at the gates. It deepens your appreciation of life and the fragility of everything. So it's not that I constantly reminisce about him fading away. It's just that it's affected me forever. So I see the world in a different light. INSKEEP: Well, David Gray, thanks very much. Mr. GRAY: Thank you. |
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