Now 3 days after Mark's death, I find these lyrics to be a singular message from him directly to us... Although background phrasing, Mark is telling us "Everything's alright". In fact, everyone involved seems to be sharing the mantra: "everything is all right".
TT has meant so much to those of us paying attention- for my part I discovered their last 3 album releases only last Fall, months before my mother's passing. Collectively the music provided a balm where nothing else seemed able. "New Grass" on repeat driving to my brother's house (he was her primary caregiver); "After The Flood" on the trip home... "I Believe In You" and "Happiness Is Easy" providing somber honey... I do not know what I would have done without them.
Now he's gone. For good. Selfishly, no accidental meetings, no retrospectives. What a crushing sensation. He wouldn't listen to these masterpieces himself- understandably so (what were YOU doing 30 years ago?)- but now, amid the pain of Our Loss... "everything's all-right"...
Now 3 days after Mark's death, I find these lyrics to be a singular message from him directly to us... Although background phrasing, Mark is telling us "Everything's alright". In fact, everyone involved seems to be sharing the mantra: "everything is all right".
TT has meant so much to those of us paying attention- for my part I discovered their last 3 album releases only last Fall, months before my mother's passing. Collectively the music provided a balm where nothing else seemed able. "New Grass" on repeat driving to my brother's house (he was her primary caregiver); "After The Flood" on the trip home... "I Believe In You" and "Happiness Is Easy" providing somber honey... I do not know what I would have done without them.
Now he's gone. For good. Selfishly, no accidental meetings, no retrospectives. What a crushing sensation. He wouldn't listen to these masterpieces himself- understandably so (what were YOU doing 30 years ago?)- but now, amid the pain of Our Loss... "everything's all-right"...
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