This is just a beautiful and damn sad song. I'm listening to it right now. It makes me think of this girl I know. I loved her and she loved me once upon another time, since then things have grown and changed as things inexorably do. But if somebody really loved her, they'd tell her by now. I've said it, sure, I mean it most of the time. But even I have to turn away sometimes. I know she felt safe at home, that's when we were in love. As kids. Her brother's laughter paints the air of California now, and her mother's face is getting older and sadder. No one can find their way back to their childhood home. It's sad, but must be so. It's okay. You know they'll always say your name once in awhile, and they'll think it even more. You know it's okay.
The next verse is my favorite. I feel like I played a big part in making her so cautious and callow... But ever boundlessly beautiful is she. Until someone loves you, I'll keep you safe, but like them, I will give you away. I'll be there till someone else comes along, then I'll go... I guess it all boils down to that quotable phrase, if you love something, you give it away... (thankyouconor)
The song's over now. It's one of those songs you wish just didn't end. Bell Bottom Blues is another one of those songs. As is Little Wing, and What I Got. But dammit I love this song and it makes me feel things I can't even express to you people out there in cyber space and time. Feelings are ineffable, I don't care what anybody says. It makes me think that the true meaning of a song is secondary to the unique meaning that each individual person gathers from the combined phrases, rhythms, tones and timbres. Every song touches the soul before it touches the mind. Sound is the wave before meaning. The wave that crashes as just as a shhhhhhhhh... You listen before you think. This song is so easy to feel. Gretchen's voice just takes a hold of me.
This is just a beautiful and damn sad song. I'm listening to it right now. It makes me think of this girl I know. I loved her and she loved me once upon another time, since then things have grown and changed as things inexorably do. But if somebody really loved her, they'd tell her by now. I've said it, sure, I mean it most of the time. But even I have to turn away sometimes. I know she felt safe at home, that's when we were in love. As kids. Her brother's laughter paints the air of California now, and her mother's face is getting older and sadder. No one can find their way back to their childhood home. It's sad, but must be so. It's okay. You know they'll always say your name once in awhile, and they'll think it even more. You know it's okay.
The next verse is my favorite. I feel like I played a big part in making her so cautious and callow... But ever boundlessly beautiful is she. Until someone loves you, I'll keep you safe, but like them, I will give you away. I'll be there till someone else comes along, then I'll go... I guess it all boils down to that quotable phrase, if you love something, you give it away... (thankyouconor)
The song's over now. It's one of those songs you wish just didn't end. Bell Bottom Blues is another one of those songs. As is Little Wing, and What I Got. But dammit I love this song and it makes me feel things I can't even express to you people out there in cyber space and time. Feelings are ineffable, I don't care what anybody says. It makes me think that the true meaning of a song is secondary to the unique meaning that each individual person gathers from the combined phrases, rhythms, tones and timbres. Every song touches the soul before it touches the mind. Sound is the wave before meaning. The wave that crashes as just as a shhhhhhhhh... You listen before you think. This song is so easy to feel. Gretchen's voice just takes a hold of me.
I love this song and that girl though.