I think it's wonderful to be able to express how a song has affected one's life. This song is very inspirational to me. I have had to make some difficult career choices in the past year; ones that may not have made a lot of sense (financially, especially!!) to people that do not share or understand my values. What this has to do with Solsbury Hill (finally getting to that): I've heard from other websites that he wrote this song to sort of tell the story of his experience as he was trying to break free from Genesis. He was the lead singer of that group before Phil Collins. And he had apparently gotten artistically couped up with them and was wanting to move on to do his own work. He wasn't sure about how to make such a transition, so "to keepin' silence he resigned"; and he didn't want to make any sudden moves and alienate himself in the industry ("turnin' water into wine, open doors would soon be shut"). But soon he came to his conclusions about what to do and obviously went for it ("'til I thought of what I'd say, which connections I should cut"). So I think it's a song I relate to now at a time when I'm making decisions, as I mentioned, are not popular, yet I feel for my own happiness, I need to make.
@FELICITY Hey Felicity, more than 15 years since you wrote this touching post & I just hope that your "unpopular" decision(s) to change your route/plans in life have worked out for you as you dreamed that they would - or perhaps even better than you had even dared to?!! xo
@FELICITY Hey Felicity, more than 15 years since you wrote this touching post & I just hope that your "unpopular" decision(s) to change your route/plans in life have worked out for you as you dreamed that they would - or perhaps even better than you had even dared to?!! xo
I think it's wonderful to be able to express how a song has affected one's life. This song is very inspirational to me. I have had to make some difficult career choices in the past year; ones that may not have made a lot of sense (financially, especially!!) to people that do not share or understand my values. What this has to do with Solsbury Hill (finally getting to that): I've heard from other websites that he wrote this song to sort of tell the story of his experience as he was trying to break free from Genesis. He was the lead singer of that group before Phil Collins. And he had apparently gotten artistically couped up with them and was wanting to move on to do his own work. He wasn't sure about how to make such a transition, so "to keepin' silence he resigned"; and he didn't want to make any sudden moves and alienate himself in the industry ("turnin' water into wine, open doors would soon be shut"). But soon he came to his conclusions about what to do and obviously went for it ("'til I thought of what I'd say, which connections I should cut"). So I think it's a song I relate to now at a time when I'm making decisions, as I mentioned, are not popular, yet I feel for my own happiness, I need to make.
@FELICITY Hey Felicity, more than 15 years since you wrote this touching post & I just hope that your "unpopular" decision(s) to change your route/plans in life have worked out for you as you dreamed that they would - or perhaps even better than you had even dared to?!! xo
@FELICITY Hey Felicity, more than 15 years since you wrote this touching post & I just hope that your "unpopular" decision(s) to change your route/plans in life have worked out for you as you dreamed that they would - or perhaps even better than you had even dared to?!! xo