Patty Griffin writes such amazing lyrics and then complements them with such hauntingly beautiful melodies. And what a voice too huh! The total package, take notice, she will one day get the recognition she so rightly deserves. Onto this song. Who hasn't had to say goodbye to love gone bad. In most relationships that don't last, the common thread is that one person ends up loving the other more. No one sets out to do it, but it happens. I think what Ms. Griffin sings so elequently about in most of her songs are experiences that most of us live through at one point or another but she has the graces to put these feelings associated with the experiences into powerfully moving poetic lyrics. just wow. I hear this song and it takes me back to a relationship in which i was the one who loved more then then the guy. That line "Said I love you but, I don't even know why" speaks of the realization that sometimes we stay in relationships out of habit and that we often can not define the reason we act or feel a certain way. When you get to the point that you question it, it's time to fly. How powerful though, to move on from the relationship, realize it's time to fly and not harbor any animosity toward the other party and in time even wish them well. The pause before the whole verse "May you dream you are dreaming...laying your head" speaks so handedly that you wish only the best for this person once you get past the experience and that in the end you have grained from living through it. The broken heart fades away. The only feeling you have place for is to wish them well.
Patty Griffin writes such amazing lyrics and then complements them with such hauntingly beautiful melodies. And what a voice too huh! The total package, take notice, she will one day get the recognition she so rightly deserves. Onto this song. Who hasn't had to say goodbye to love gone bad. In most relationships that don't last, the common thread is that one person ends up loving the other more. No one sets out to do it, but it happens. I think what Ms. Griffin sings so elequently about in most of her songs are experiences that most of us live through at one point or another but she has the graces to put these feelings associated with the experiences into powerfully moving poetic lyrics. just wow. I hear this song and it takes me back to a relationship in which i was the one who loved more then then the guy. That line "Said I love you but, I don't even know why" speaks of the realization that sometimes we stay in relationships out of habit and that we often can not define the reason we act or feel a certain way. When you get to the point that you question it, it's time to fly. How powerful though, to move on from the relationship, realize it's time to fly and not harbor any animosity toward the other party and in time even wish them well. The pause before the whole verse "May you dream you are dreaming...laying your head" speaks so handedly that you wish only the best for this person once you get past the experience and that in the end you have grained from living through it. The broken heart fades away. The only feeling you have place for is to wish them well.