| Wilco – Remember the Mountain Bed Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I believe "Remember the Mountain Bed" is one of the most beautiful and sad songs ever written. Woody Guthrie's lyrics are sweet and also heart wrenching. Jeff Tweedy's raspy version on "Mermaid Avenue" is amazing. This song reminds me of the cycles of life and love. The references to the beauty of nature tangled with his love for this woman are warm, lovely and thoughtful. He remembers her so vividly and tenderly. "I see my life as brightest where you laughed and laid your head." He was his best with her. He reflects on the time with her as a time of brilliance, pure happiness and passion. For some reason, he wasn't able to spend his life with this woman. If you are not able to be with the one you love the most, it feels like a death. There are times of intense sadness and grief. (in many ways it is worse than experiencing a death, because you torture yourself that things could be different. With death there is no choice.) Even though love can bring us so much pain, in the end our lives are so much richer from the experience of knowing and loving this person. Our grief gradually becomes more bearable as we learn to let our true love go. We realize as life goes on that our love for this person never goes away. Clearly this man loves this woman still. I am sure she was never far from his thoughts. He has his memories and no one can take them away. Our lives can forever be altered by looking into the eyes of the one we love. "I could not see any wrong in you, and you saw none in me." This woman was perfect in his eyes. Woody Guthrie is so right when he wrote that love is our greatest reason for being here. (And, I believe a person can come into our lives to teach us many difficult lessons about life and love.) The idea of this man going back to this special and gorgeous place, reflecting on his life and remembering the love he experienced, is something I am sure we can all relate to on some level. His memories are simultaneously beautiful and painful. Life has been a struggle for him. And although he does have comfort with his family as life continues on, he will never be the same from knowing this woman, from loving her, and from ultimately (and for whatever reason) letting her go. |
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| Eric Clapton – All Our Past Times Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I just read over my comments from December 30th and feel as though I need to clarify what I was trying to say. First of all regarding, "I don't want to be the one to say I'm sorry". I am afraid that I sounded defensive above. I mentioned that I was the one to apologize and take the blame, etc. Although an apology would be welcomed from him, it is not necessary. I have forgiven him for everything. No one did anything to purposely hurt anyone. I just wish he and I could talk about it all. I would happily take the blame, get raked over the coals, be thrown to the wolves... ANYTHING to protect him from harm. I truly "don't care how much it costs". I love this guy. Not PAST tense. I am guessing I always will. Why do we fall in love with people we can't be with? It has never happened to me before. Eric Clapton was in love with Pattie Boyd (when she was married to George Harrison). They eventually wound up together and then had a volatile marriage. Now they are both married to different people. Who knows what the future will bring? And, although I want to put the pain of loving this man behind me, it isn't realistic. You can't just turn feelings off. Or flip a calendar to a new year and say, "Okay. All done with THAT." This person lives in my heart and takes up a hell of a lot of space. That is something that I am learning to live with. That is the process that I am trying to figure out. I am thankful to have songs like "All Our Past Times". This song (and I love the live version the best) has helped me sort through some feelings. Music is priceless! |
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| Eric Clapton – All Our Past Times Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This song makes me reflect on past times with someone I loved. With the New Year approaching, and wanting to close the book once and for all on a painful part of my life, I decided to post this comment. I recognize the similarities between this song and the situation with this love. I was the one to say "I'm sorry". I was the one to take the blame. I wasn't the one to throw it over. I have been the one to feel ashamed. I have been treated poorly by people who I considered friends. That really hurts. In situations like these, one person is never solely to blame. He knows he played a big role in what happened between the two of us. Being judged unfairly is all part of the price I have paid. I was never anything but sweet to him. I had nothing but love. Getting over this is all a process and I am trying to figure it out. "I don't care how much it costs, I don't count the loss, as long as I can see your face again". When Eric Clapton sings this song, I understand. I'll always want to see his face again, I'll always want him to be happy. I know what true love is. I never would want him to be judged harshly for what happened between us. It was love. But, I wish he could admit his role and say "I'm sorry" to me. This is a beautiful song. I am thankful that music can help us heal, can get us through. When I feel so sad and I really miss this person (who was a huge presence in my life), music can provide strength. This man was my friend. He meant a lot to me. He always will. I have dealt with many sad situations in my life, but none come close to this one. It has brought me a lot of tears, but when I see his face I always smile. |
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| Bob Dylan – Tomorrow Is a Long Time Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This song is about the meaning of life and love to me. What do you love about life? I love nature, mountains, rivers. I love the sun, the moon and the stars. I love music. I love people who remind me that life is fragile and that we are all imperfect and broken. And that we must, simply MUST enjoy ourselves and love one another. We are all going to be gone before we know it. "Tomorrow is a Long Time" reminds me of these things. It breaks my heart every time I hear it. (And, the man who turned me on to it broke my heart. How ironic.) It is about the beauty in nature and in people. And LOVE. How love is so rare and beautiful. It happens once in a lifetime if we are lucky. And I was lucky. Even if it feels like "blood on the tracks", it is love, and as long as I am alive I will feel grateful for the feelings I have experienced. I will always and forever treasure the man who brought me true love. I will always wish I could be with him. This song makes me remember just how much I wish things could be different. And remind me of the feelings that he gave me when I looked into his eyes. Life is beautiful. Music is amazing. In my opinion, you can't have life without music. And, "Tomorrow is a Long Time" is a true gem. Bob Dylan is a genius. If your heart is broken, consider yourself lucky. Life is so sad, but it is beautiful. And so is this song. |
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| Rufus Wainwright – Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen cover) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This song cuts right to the core of what it feels like to be in love. It is fever, faith, joy, desire, betrayal, punishment. It feels like madness, but it is wonderful. It feels like great evil and supreme good. To be in love is to surpass one's self. To lose control. To get beaten. To feel brutally and hopelessly wounded yet know how lucky you are to have experienced such intensity. And hopefully, with an incredibly amazing person who you will always love in many ways. I loved someone with all of my heart. We went down a long road together and then I was tossed to the wolves. I felt that my love was stronger, because I would have done ANYTHING for this person. And perhaps, they performed the ultimate act of sacrifice and selfless love, by throwing me to the wolves. Even though it feels like hell, like a very "cold and broken hallelujah", it is life in all its beauty. A great love, as someone once said, is incomplete without its decline, agony, without its conclusion. It doesn't die a natural death, either. It is a forced death. This song represents all of these feelings to me. "She cut your hair, she broke your throne" reminds me of how I have felt battered and bruised by this love. True love is in many ways a tragedy. It is sad and beautiful, just like this song. I am at peace to have had such an experience. This person will always be special to me and live in my heart. I am glad there are songs like "Hallelujah" that feel like musical therapy. And like Ventricular, this is my favourite version of this song. |
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