Cello Song

He's singing to himself. He's the strange face in the first verse, looking at his own eyes. He knows he should have nothing to fear by life, but... at night, the armies of emotion come anyway (depression). He can't fight that wave. In the final verse, he withdraws into his music, hoping to be helped by someone's, anyone's, hand.

This song makes me cry.

This song has a ethereal, weightless feel to it. It has a drifiting cloudlike or wavelike quality to it, like you're being swept away. I love the cello solo that weaves in and out of the guitar and drum and the naked sincerity and humility of his lyrics.

I love it. It was playing as I left someone's house by the sea, and all I could think of was running and running away. It expresses deep insecurities, but yet such a powerful strength. Astoundingly beautiful.

I enjoy how, with this album in particular, the instrumental in the background complements and almost elevates his sound. 'Cello Song is the perfect mesh of Nick Drake's haunting voice, mesmerizing acoustic, and instrumental backup. As for the lyrics, I get a feeling from his music that he feels the world is far different from the one he enjoyed as a child. This song seems to express his longing for the place he once felt comfortable with. "Lend me a hand and lift me To your place in the cloud."

"When the armies of emotion go out to fight"--you don't get much more poetic lyrics than that. Nick's lyics are very deep and very intelligent, but also very accessible. Other singers get the depth and the intelligence (Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Damien Rice)--but often times their lyrics are much more subjective and open-ended, whereas with Nick, I get the feeling that he wasn't just experimenting with rhyming, or trying to say a social/political message--he had a personal message that he wanted (needed!) to express... And that's why he's such a beautiful artist, and such a deserving-of-praise songwriter

This song always brings haunting chills to me whenever I hear it.. the sad thing about this artist, is when ever I ask if a persons knows of Nick Drake, the most common response I get is; "huh?" =~= What this song means to me is of waiting for something to happen, without fear, and hoping someone can help them out of the shit they'er in.

"I'll just sit & wait, and sing my song.. and if one day you should see me in the crowd, lend a hand & lift me, to your place in the cloud."

A beautiful fusion of soothing, entrancing instrumentals and heartfelt lyrics. When I learned of Nick Drake, I was surprised by the fact he recorded his music in the 70s, died a while ago, etc. His lyrics, at the very least, sound and feel very modern, at least in this song.

Here is my take on the song: "Strange face, with your eyes So pale and sincere Underneath you know well You have nothing to fear For the dreams that came to you when so young Told of a life Where spring is sprung" This is how he sees most of the people. Carefree and enjoying life and full of hope.

"You would seem so frail In the cold of the night When the armies of emotion Go out to fight But while the earth sinks to its grave You sail to the sky On the crest of a wave"

This is and advice. Save yourself, because things are rather bad.

"So forget this cruel world Where I belong I'll just sit and wait And sing my song And if one day you should see me in the crowd Lend a hand and lift me To your place in the cloud".

He knows he can´t simply "let go". Again, an advice for anyone who wants to listen to it, get away from everything or it wil consume you. And if you can, please, help.

I agree that Nick Drake is under-appreciated. I recently asked someone if they liked him and they confused him for Nick Cave. Nonetheless, I think he has a small-but-loyal following. This is the best ND song by far. It's mesmerising.

i only recently discovered nick, but this is already one of my favorites. his music is so moving that i cannot even put it into the appropriate, deserving words. beautiful.