When everything we felt fails
Then some music, soft and distant sails
But it don't sound like it did before
Then I know I'm left with nothing more
Then my own soul

When pretty pictures face back
But your coats aren't hanging on the rack
And blue water turns to
A place that I can't get to
A place that I can't

In a room all I feel
Is the cold that you left

Through the air all I see
Is your face full of blame

What's left to see?
What's there to see?

In the room all I feel
Is the cold that you left

Through the air all I see
Is your face full of blame

What's left to see?
What's left to see?
What's left to see?
What's left to see?



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Song for a Blue Guitar Lyrics as written by Mark Edward Kozelek

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    The first verse kills me because it hits so close to home. I know too many songs that are no longer as pleasant to hear as they once were. Those songs bring up memories of the past and create a dissonance in attitude. What may have been a cheery or lovely song now resonates in an ugly way. The once happy music conflicts with my altered perspective or soul as he sings.

    pel27on July 23, 2017   Link

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