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Fields Of Gold Lyrics
You'll remember me when the west wind moves
Upon the fields of barley
You'll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we walk in fields of gold
So she took her love
For to gaze awhile
Upon the fields of barley
In his arms she fell as her hair came down
Among the fields of gold
Will you stay with me, will you be my love
Among the fields of barley
We'll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we lie in fields of gold
See the west wind move like a lover so
Upon the fields of barley
Feel her body rise when you kiss her mouth
Among the fields of gold
I never made promises lightly
And there have been some that I've broken
But I swear in the days still left
We'll walk in fields of gold
We'll walk in fields of gold
Many years have passed since those summer days
Among the fields of barley
See the children run as the sun goes down
Among the fields of gold
You'll remember me when the west wind moves
Upon the fields of barley
You can tell the sun in his jealous sky
When we walked in fields of gold
When we walked in fields of gold
When we walked in fields of gold
Upon the fields of barley
You'll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we walk in fields of gold
For to gaze awhile
Upon the fields of barley
In his arms she fell as her hair came down
Among the fields of gold
Among the fields of barley
We'll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we lie in fields of gold
Upon the fields of barley
Feel her body rise when you kiss her mouth
Among the fields of gold
And there have been some that I've broken
But I swear in the days still left
We'll walk in fields of gold
We'll walk in fields of gold
Among the fields of barley
See the children run as the sun goes down
Among the fields of gold
Upon the fields of barley
You can tell the sun in his jealous sky
When we walked in fields of gold
When we walked in fields of gold
When we walked in fields of gold
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This is not the album version, but a version that I believe she did live somewhere or something. I will post the album version as well if anyone wants it.
I think this might be the Live at Blues Alley version
I think this might be the Live at Blues Alley version
The song, to me at least, seems to be a remembrance of a few moments in a relationship that defined it. The shifting perspective between the "voices" of the song and between times (the distant past, promises made in one moment in a field a long time ago) gives a sense of endurance of the feelings expressed in that moment, despite the absence of one of the lovers, perhaps due to death.
The forgetting of the sun is a motif that I think shows the man (from whose point of view I think the third verse is sung) as not thinking about the essential impermanence of their relationship- the setting of the sun is a metaphor for ending, although in the last verse the metaphor is used in the alternate sense- the sun is of course still there, seemingly eternal, and its presence above the field perhaps triggering the memory.
I interpret the song to be sung by an unwillingly absent lover, who, at the same time she (I think the song is from a female point of view) promises to stay, knows that one day she will have to leave- passage of time and the fact that only the happy memories invoked by that moment remain speak to me of a close relationship, most clearly expressed in that one moment in the field that was forced apart in the distant past, which the survivor has not forgotten.
can ypu please post the lyrics to Time After Time?
yes please its nice to see there are people here that like songs that aren't all pop and on the radio. she is like the female james dean of music. thank you faded.
I love eva cassidy! I recently sang and 'fields of gold' in my whole school assembly in honour of a student, whom i knew very well, that died not long ago. I played the piano part too, it was very scary but i'm glad i did it. I think she does great justice to the origional, beautiful voice aswell.
she was a great singer and I love this version of fields of gold...I don't like the original at all, but this song is so gorgeous when she sings it her way...
This isn't what the song means to me, but it's kinda to do with Eva Cassidy.
This song, in my interpretation, is about someone who has died, but I presume it to be with cancer. Anyways, this song was recently featured in an advert for a cancer charity in Britain.. I find it a sort of cruel irony in the fact that this song was featured on a cancer advert when Eva herself died of cancer, if I'm not mistaken...
Just thought I'd let you know that
As I have said before, I think most of her songs are simply Eva singing to the Eva who has passed. She left them for us to sing to her now.
As I have said before, I think most of her songs are simply Eva singing to the Eva who has passed. She left them for us to sing to her now.
i agree with the last comment. i think this is to do with losing someone who dies, and especially to cancer as it is featured on the cancer research advertisements. a really emotional song for a really emotive advert and subject. gorgeous.
i don't usually listen to this sort of music, I'm a big grunge-fan, but Eva Cassidy is just so great, and she has the most beatifuö femalevoice I've ever heard.
of all the renditions of this song, eva cassidy's is the most beatiful one i've heard. As previously mentioned, Eva Cassidy in fact did pass away from complications from melanoma (skin cancer).