It is just so amazing to me how Colin can sit down and take a Japanese folktale and turn it into the most beautifully written, just fkn amazing song. It makes me cry EVERYTIME I listen to it, and that has to be at least once a day, anytime I'm in the car...or the shower, haha. But seriously, if you don't know the story and you like the song, Google it, damnit! And it will change EVERYTHING. I used to ask my boyfriend, 'What is a 'Crane Wife'?' and he said he didn't know...I looked it up, listened to the the songs again and was so moved. GENIUS!
My favorite, the most moving part...
Sound the keening bell (bell for a funeral)
To see it's painted red (her blood)
Soft as fontanel (soft spot on a newborn's head)
The feathers in the thread (the feathers she plucked out)
When all I ever meant to do was to keep you (MAKES ME CRY LIKE A BABY!!)
Oh, and also...
There's a bend in the wind and it rakes at my heart
There is blood in the thread and it rakes at my heart
It rakes at my heart
PROBABLY THE MOST AMAZING SONGS I HAVE EVER HEARD...PART II IS MY FAVORITE AS WELL...DAMN THIS IS GREAT STUFF!
It is just so amazing to me how Colin can sit down and take a Japanese folktale and turn it into the most beautifully written, just fkn amazing song. It makes me cry EVERYTIME I listen to it, and that has to be at least once a day, anytime I'm in the car...or the shower, haha. But seriously, if you don't know the story and you like the song, Google it, damnit! And it will change EVERYTHING. I used to ask my boyfriend, 'What is a 'Crane Wife'?' and he said he didn't know...I looked it up, listened to the the songs again and was so moved. GENIUS!
My favorite, the most moving part...
Sound the keening bell (bell for a funeral) To see it's painted red (her blood) Soft as fontanel (soft spot on a newborn's head) The feathers in the thread (the feathers she plucked out) When all I ever meant to do was to keep you (MAKES ME CRY LIKE A BABY!!)
Oh, and also...
There's a bend in the wind and it rakes at my heart There is blood in the thread and it rakes at my heart It rakes at my heart
PROBABLY THE MOST AMAZING SONGS I HAVE EVER HEARD...PART II IS MY FAVORITE AS WELL...DAMN THIS IS GREAT STUFF!