The entire album,"I'm Alive" which I read as a song cycle after the classical form, with it's story of love, doubt, anger, rejection, acceptance and peace followed by some irony, is a great work of art. He starts us on this journey with the title track as if to say, it's been hell, but I've made it through, now here's the deal. He relates the story of falling into and out of love, in a a serious relationship, with such clarity.
I had to get to midlife with 20+ years of my own relationship ending to understand all the nuances JB so acutely describes here. As we used to say, it's a sack of reds. But there is healing to be found, and what wonders come from someone else's expressional gifts.
I'm Alive and go naff off.
The entire album,"I'm Alive" which I read as a song cycle after the classical form, with it's story of love, doubt, anger, rejection, acceptance and peace followed by some irony, is a great work of art. He starts us on this journey with the title track as if to say, it's been hell, but I've made it through, now here's the deal. He relates the story of falling into and out of love, in a a serious relationship, with such clarity.
I had to get to midlife with 20+ years of my own relationship ending to understand all the nuances JB so acutely describes here. As we used to say, it's a sack of reds. But there is healing to be found, and what wonders come from someone else's expressional gifts.