You breathing into my mouth
I'll take it
I'll take it for you
You want to sing
Then sing it for me
You got something
Left to say
Untie me
We're taking away
Unlikely
Out of time
When you still got
So much to say
I'll write it
A song for you
But oh
What a way to go
So peaceful
You're smiling
Oh what a way to go
I'm with you
I'm singing
You said
There's a special place
And it's scaring
The shit out of me
In Memphis
On Valentine's day
You wrote it
In a letter to me
Well I wish I had given you more time
To say thank you
My beautiful friend
But sometimes you gotta send it away
To bring it
To bring it back again
But oh what a way to go
So peaceful
He's smiling
Oh what a way to go
I'm with you
I'm singing
You'll always
Have open eyes
You'll always
Have a special place
In Memphis
On Valentine's day
Die suddenly
At a wonderful age
Were yer ready
Were yer ready to go
When you still got so much to say
Somehow I know
You drank and stole
Receiving just everything
But oh
What a way to go
So peaceful
You're smiling
Oh what a way to go
I know that you're smiling
Oh
What a way to go
So peaceful
I'm singing
Oh
What a way to go
I know that
You're smiling
You're peaceful
You're smiling
You're peaceful
You're smiling
I know that
You're smiling
You're peaceful
You're smiling
I'll take it
I'll take it for you
Then sing it for me
You got something
Left to say
We're taking away
Unlikely
Out of time
So much to say
I'll write it
A song for you
What a way to go
So peaceful
You're smiling
I'm with you
I'm singing
There's a special place
And it's scaring
The shit out of me
On Valentine's day
You wrote it
In a letter to me
To say thank you
My beautiful friend
To bring it
To bring it back again
So peaceful
He's smiling
I'm with you
I'm singing
Have open eyes
You'll always
Have a special place
On Valentine's day
Die suddenly
At a wonderful age
Were yer ready
Were yer ready to go
When you still got so much to say
You drank and stole
Receiving just everything
What a way to go
So peaceful
You're smiling
I know that you're smiling
What a way to go
So peaceful
I'm singing
What a way to go
I know that
You're smiling
You're peaceful
You're smiling
You're peaceful
You're smiling
You're smiling
You're peaceful
You're smiling
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Written for and about Jeff Buckley.
A few corrections:
should be Untimely you were taken away
and I always thought that
was "Somehow I know you drank it slow", a reference to Jeff's drowning the "receiving just everything" might imply that death was something he wanted all along, as he did refer to it in a lot of his songs.
Also, "send it away to bring it back again" is a line shared with the Jeff Buckley song, "morning theft".
dammit, some things got cut out.
A few corrections:
"Untie me, we're taking away" should be Untimely you were taken away
and I always thought that
"Somehow I know you're driving slow" was "Somehow I know you drank it slow", a reference to Jeff's drowning -- the "receiving just everything" might imply that death was something Jeff wanted all along, as he did refer to it in a lot of his songs.
Also, "send it away to bring it back again" is a line shared with the Jeff Buckley song, "morning theft".
The first time I heard this song it gave me chills because it sounds like Jeff Buckley is in this song, singing...
My impression of "receiving just everything" is that even in that moment of dying he was absorbing the experience entirely...that sounds strange, but I'm not sure how else to say it.
chogg, thanks for the untie me/ untimely correction. Makes much mor sence. i don't get the on valentines day, is it just poetry or something more? I believe Polly knew Jeff personally. Beautiful tribute imo, i really like " You'll always Have open eyes You'll always Have a special place" it reflects so good how sad it is he has died and how much he's missed .