I must mention that "I see a darkness" was written by Will Oldham (aka Bonnie 'prince' Billy.) Great artist! Even so great that Cash himself covered him.
I feel that this song is well accompanied with another text, written by the mother of the late; great singer/songwriter Nick Drake.
The Shell (A Skin Too Few)
Living grows round us like a skin
to shut away the outer desolation
For if we clearly mark the furthest deep
we should be dead long years before the grave.
But turning around within the homely shell
of worry discontent and narrow joy
we grow and flourish and rarely see the
outside dark that would confound our eyes
some break the shell…
I think that there are those who push their
fingers through the brittle walls and
make a hole…and through this cruel
slit stare out across the cinders of the
world with naked eyes they look both out and end,
knowing themselves and too much else beside.
I must mention that "I see a darkness" was written by Will Oldham (aka Bonnie 'prince' Billy.) Great artist! Even so great that Cash himself covered him.
I feel that this song is well accompanied with another text, written by the mother of the late; great singer/songwriter Nick Drake.
The Shell (A Skin Too Few)
Living grows round us like a skin to shut away the outer desolation For if we clearly mark the furthest deep we should be dead long years before the grave. But turning around within the homely shell of worry discontent and narrow joy we grow and flourish and rarely see the outside dark that would confound our eyes some break the shell… I think that there are those who push their fingers through the brittle walls and make a hole…and through this cruel slit stare out across the cinders of the world with naked eyes they look both out and end, knowing themselves and too much else beside.