He Dark The Sun Lyrics

Lyric discussion by NomadMonad 

Cover art for He Dark The Sun lyrics by Linda Ronstadt

I love when the drums kick in after "that's where it all begun..."

A primordial text about a woman mistreated. A wrenching soul-cry from a broken heart - set to great American country-rock.

The deceiver/abuser is depicted in satanic terms.

Did he get her hooked on drugs? Did he cause her soul to wither and die? Has she been pushed to the point of murdering him?

A dark and powerful gem of a song.

[I always thought it was "He DARKED the sun (?)] The quirky grammar is part of why this song made such an impression on me.

It's like a Zen koan: "With the length of his mind he darked the sun".