I love this song because to me its about losing a relationship and trust in someone, and still wanting nothing but that person, even if you know it was not going to work out. The line "stay, stay and watch the coals till they cease to glow" is the best
another beautiful song by ray... this song was playing just now when i read about obama's grandma passing away. maybe that influenced my interpretation, but it seems to me that this song is about the passing of life:
another beautiful song by ray... this song was playing just now when i read about obama's grandma passing away. maybe that influenced my interpretation, but it seems to me that this song is about the passing of life:
"laid the blessings on the ground" - flowers by a grave
"watch the coals til they seize to glow" - live until you die
"there's nothing i can say or do to bring you back again. this of life i know is true" - once we die, we don't come back, period
"laid the blessings on the ground" - flowers by a grave
"watch the coals til they seize to glow" - live until you die
"there's nothing i can say or do to bring you back again. this of life i know is true" - once we die, we don't come back, period
i could pull additional...
i could pull additional metaphors out, but these seem like the most obvious ones. i'm not sure who ray wrote this for, but it fits beautifully with moments in my life.
I love this song because to me its about losing a relationship and trust in someone, and still wanting nothing but that person, even if you know it was not going to work out. The line "stay, stay and watch the coals till they cease to glow" is the best
another beautiful song by ray... this song was playing just now when i read about obama's grandma passing away. maybe that influenced my interpretation, but it seems to me that this song is about the passing of life:
another beautiful song by ray... this song was playing just now when i read about obama's grandma passing away. maybe that influenced my interpretation, but it seems to me that this song is about the passing of life:
"laid the blessings on the ground" - flowers by a grave "watch the coals til they seize to glow" - live until you die "there's nothing i can say or do to bring you back again. this of life i know is true" - once we die, we don't come back, period
"laid the blessings on the ground" - flowers by a grave "watch the coals til they seize to glow" - live until you die "there's nothing i can say or do to bring you back again. this of life i know is true" - once we die, we don't come back, period
i could pull additional...
i could pull additional metaphors out, but these seem like the most obvious ones. i'm not sure who ray wrote this for, but it fits beautifully with moments in my life.
oops, i didn't mean to post that as a reply; my bad, but i can't figure out how to delete it.
oops, i didn't mean to post that as a reply; my bad, but i can't figure out how to delete it.