"I keep my friends eternally.
We leave our tracks in the sound.
Some of them are with me now.
Some of them can't be found."
Particularly the part about leaving tracks in sound - I think thats his way of saying that his songs are made of memories of friends. I think he's lamenting the loss of his friend, a painter, who died early overworked.
@pezdel "...tracks in sound..." - remember vinyl? Records had (& have) grooves (acrually one groove per side, but who\'s couning?) so tracks in the sound left by eternal friends refers to the music they have recorded. "Some of them can\'t be found..." - listen to "Needle and the Damage Done" a9about the late Danny Whitten), etc.
@pezdel "...tracks in sound..." - remember vinyl? Records had (& have) grooves (acrually one groove per side, but who\'s couning?) so tracks in the sound left by eternal friends refers to the music they have recorded. "Some of them can\'t be found..." - listen to "Needle and the Damage Done" a9about the late Danny Whitten), etc.
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"I keep my friends eternally. We leave our tracks in the sound. Some of them are with me now. Some of them can't be found."
Particularly the part about leaving tracks in sound - I think thats his way of saying that his songs are made of memories of friends. I think he's lamenting the loss of his friend, a painter, who died early overworked.
@pezdel "...tracks in sound..." - remember vinyl? Records had (& have) grooves (acrually one groove per side, but who\'s couning?) so tracks in the sound left by eternal friends refers to the music they have recorded. "Some of them can\'t be found..." - listen to "Needle and the Damage Done" a9about the late Danny Whitten), etc.
@pezdel "...tracks in sound..." - remember vinyl? Records had (& have) grooves (acrually one groove per side, but who\'s couning?) so tracks in the sound left by eternal friends refers to the music they have recorded. "Some of them can\'t be found..." - listen to "Needle and the Damage Done" a9about the late Danny Whitten), etc.