I first came across this on the Shanti Project benefit disc back in the late 90s. At the time I think it was that Mark couldn't release new music due to contractual disputes, and it has always struck me as a lament for a friend who jas passed, one you knew when you were young and still not fully formed. It reminds me so vividly of my friend Paul who died young as the result of an accidental overdose. In the months and years since his passing I have found the world coldly still goes on, as big and expansive as it ever was- and yet I have also found the love I had for him undiminished, if anything, it has grown and keeps up with that growth of the world. That's what this song says to me and until the day I finally have the words to write the song he deserves, there is this one. Simple, yet big as a mountain.
I first came across this on the Shanti Project benefit disc back in the late 90s. At the time I think it was that Mark couldn't release new music due to contractual disputes, and it has always struck me as a lament for a friend who jas passed, one you knew when you were young and still not fully formed. It reminds me so vividly of my friend Paul who died young as the result of an accidental overdose. In the months and years since his passing I have found the world coldly still goes on, as big and expansive as it ever was- and yet I have also found the love I had for him undiminished, if anything, it has grown and keeps up with that growth of the world. That's what this song says to me and until the day I finally have the words to write the song he deserves, there is this one. Simple, yet big as a mountain.