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High & Wild Lyrics
You're gone, you're gone
You're with me but you're gone
A feeling once so strong
Is now an old and forgotten song
But you don't sing so high and wild
You don't sing so high and wild
You're here, you're here
But your spirit disappeared
Off to some place that I don't know
Some human thing has squashed your soul
And I don't recognize you
I wish that this could turn our thing to bliss
And we could put our fears aside
And learn to laugh and be alive
And let our bodies be revived
But you can't
Say that you want me
What am I supposed to think that's the truth?
Well has it ever been easy for you?
To stand behind the things that I do
I wait for this to pass
For us to both say at last
On this dark and narrow path
The sun is shining and we remember what it is we're living for
I'm neither innocent or wise when you look me in the eyes
You might as well be blind
You might as well be blind
If you don't see me anymore
And you
You can't tell me that you love me
When I'm standing in your way
Well this would all be so much easier
If I had nothing more to say
Well this would all be so much easier
If I had nothing more to say
Oh, if only, if only, I had nothing more to say
Oh, if only, if only, I had nothing more to say
You're with me but you're gone
A feeling once so strong
Is now an old and forgotten song
But you don't sing so high and wild
You don't sing so high and wild
But your spirit disappeared
Off to some place that I don't know
Some human thing has squashed your soul
And I don't recognize you
And we could put our fears aside
And learn to laugh and be alive
And let our bodies be revived
But you can't
Say that you want me
What am I supposed to think that's the truth?
Well has it ever been easy for you?
To stand behind the things that I do
For us to both say at last
On this dark and narrow path
The sun is shining and we remember what it is we're living for
You might as well be blind
You might as well be blind
If you don't see me anymore
You can't tell me that you love me
When I'm standing in your way
Well this would all be so much easier
If I had nothing more to say
Well this would all be so much easier
If I had nothing more to say
Oh, if only, if only, I had nothing more to say
Oh, if only, if only, I had nothing more to say
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I think the title of this song is a reference to a line from Leonard Cohen's "The Stranger Song" :
'Like any dealer he was watching for the card That is so high and wild He'll never need to deal another He was just some Joseph looking for a manger'
Not that I know what it all means.
I love how dramatic that line is:
You might as well be blind If you don't see me anymore
This is one of her best songs. There's just such a pleasant and sincere flow to it.
I have to agree this is her best song. When she sings the part "If you don't see me anymore" is heart wrenching. She sounds like she has lived this. I have it on one of my mixes and she just plain gets to me. The sincerity of it. Not to mention the overall sound of it. I don't know how to explain the sound but it's the "drone" of some horn or something when she's singing that line. I just like it. I'd like to see her in concert.