Holy no comments batman! For real? God, i love this song. I've had this on a compilation of scattered and unreleased Nick songs from way back, well before the B-Sides album got released, and this has always been one of my most loved tracks on there.
This is one of the songs that better be played at my funeral. That and Tom Wait's "Green Grass", and John Prine's "Please Don't Bury Me," and (of course) "Lay Me Low." And, thanking the man jesus, i have never had anyone terribly close to me die, but when they do, this fucker's getting played by me and my guitar for them without question, and probably much to the chagrin of anyone in attendance. A great song about death, and reassuring ourselves about it. "Your days are all through dying, they gave all their ghosts away. So kiss close all of your wounds, and call living life a day." So sadly sweet.
Oh and here's a weird thing. When i got the B-Sides album, i was surprised that "Faraway, So Close" was not on there. Disappointing, but then, at the end of the 1st CD, there was this song called "What Can I Give You?" that i had never heard sounding almost exactly like "Faraway, So Close." What's the story there? Which was written first, and why are there two? It really tripped me out and i thought i was crazy. Little Ghost Song, off the 3rd CD is similar in that respect. Odd stuff.
For the record, this song is way better than "What Can I Give You?" - sorry Nick and Co., just my feeling.
Holy no comments batman! For real? God, i love this song. I've had this on a compilation of scattered and unreleased Nick songs from way back, well before the B-Sides album got released, and this has always been one of my most loved tracks on there.
This is one of the songs that better be played at my funeral. That and Tom Wait's "Green Grass", and John Prine's "Please Don't Bury Me," and (of course) "Lay Me Low." And, thanking the man jesus, i have never had anyone terribly close to me die, but when they do, this fucker's getting played by me and my guitar for them without question, and probably much to the chagrin of anyone in attendance. A great song about death, and reassuring ourselves about it. "Your days are all through dying, they gave all their ghosts away. So kiss close all of your wounds, and call living life a day." So sadly sweet.
Oh and here's a weird thing. When i got the B-Sides album, i was surprised that "Faraway, So Close" was not on there. Disappointing, but then, at the end of the 1st CD, there was this song called "What Can I Give You?" that i had never heard sounding almost exactly like "Faraway, So Close." What's the story there? Which was written first, and why are there two? It really tripped me out and i thought i was crazy. Little Ghost Song, off the 3rd CD is similar in that respect. Odd stuff.
For the record, this song is way better than "What Can I Give You?" - sorry Nick and Co., just my feeling.