I can't claim to know Ray but love his music so have read a bit about him. He is happily married so maybe this song isn't about a lost partner. To me this song is much deeper and more heart breaking as I think he is singing about his father. This next bit is from a biography website...
"When LaMontagne was a child, his mother left his musician father, while his father was on tour, and moved him and his siblings up North. His father had no contact with LaMontagne and for years had no knowledge of his whereabouts. Because of the stories told to LaMontagne about his father, LaMontagne refrained from most musical activity, instead spending much of his time reading fantasy novels in the forest. His mother moved him and his five siblings to wherever she could find work, so it was difficult for LaMontagne to become friends with other children."
This is possibly the most beautiful and intimate song I have ever heard.
I can't claim to know Ray but love his music so have read a bit about him. He is happily married so maybe this song isn't about a lost partner. To me this song is much deeper and more heart breaking as I think he is singing about his father. This next bit is from a biography website...
"When LaMontagne was a child, his mother left his musician father, while his father was on tour, and moved him and his siblings up North. His father had no contact with LaMontagne and for years had no knowledge of his whereabouts. Because of the stories told to LaMontagne about his father, LaMontagne refrained from most musical activity, instead spending much of his time reading fantasy novels in the forest. His mother moved him and his five siblings to wherever she could find work, so it was difficult for LaMontagne to become friends with other children."
This is possibly the most beautiful and intimate song I have ever heard.