The Moon Shines
a Full Moon Inspires Winter
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Peter Green - Jumping At Shadows
This is the longer live version of the Duster Bennett song done by Original Fleetwood Mac and recorded live at the Boston Tea Party in February 1970. The intro guitar solo by Peter Green is longer on this version with some most subtle and soulful guitar I have ever heard. Danny Kirwan plays great rhythm guitar.
Needed to re-upload it third time. Sorry to those who made comments after the first two uploads: your comments were lost, unfortunately.
Needed to re-upload it third time. Sorry to those who made comments after the first two uploads: your comments were lost, unfortunately.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
The Power Of Love - Frankie Goes To Hollywood Official Video (1984)
Feels like fire
Im so in love with you
Feels like fire
I�m so in love with you
Dreams are like angels
They keep bad at bay-bad at bay
Love is the light
Scaring darkness away
The power of love
A force from above
Cleaning my soul
Flame on burn desire
Love with tongues of fire
Purge the soul
Make love your goal
I'll protect you from the hooded claw
Keep the vampires from your door
When the chips are down I�ll be around
With my undying, death-defying
Love for you
Envy will hurt itself
Let yourself be beautiful
Sparkling love, flowers
And pearls and pretty girls
Love is like an energy
Rushin� rushin� inside of me
The power of love
A force from above
Cleaning my soul
Flame on burn desire
Love with tongues of fire
Purge the soul
Make love your goal
This time we go sublime
Lovers entwine-divine divine
Love is danger, love is pleasure
Love is pure-the only treasure
I�m so in love with you
Purge the soul
Make love your goal
The power of love
A force from above
Cleaning my soul
The power of love
A force from above
A sky-scraping dove
Flame on burn desire
Love with tongues of fire
Purge the soul
Make love your goal
Im so in love with you
Feels like fire
I�m so in love with you
Dreams are like angels
They keep bad at bay-bad at bay
Love is the light
Scaring darkness away
The power of love
A force from above
Cleaning my soul
Flame on burn desire
Love with tongues of fire
Purge the soul
Make love your goal
I'll protect you from the hooded claw
Keep the vampires from your door
When the chips are down I�ll be around
With my undying, death-defying
Love for you
Envy will hurt itself
Let yourself be beautiful
Sparkling love, flowers
And pearls and pretty girls
Love is like an energy
Rushin� rushin� inside of me
The power of love
A force from above
Cleaning my soul
Flame on burn desire
Love with tongues of fire
Purge the soul
Make love your goal
This time we go sublime
Lovers entwine-divine divine
Love is danger, love is pleasure
Love is pure-the only treasure
I�m so in love with you
Purge the soul
Make love your goal
The power of love
A force from above
Cleaning my soul
The power of love
A force from above
A sky-scraping dove
Flame on burn desire
Love with tongues of fire
Purge the soul
Make love your goal
Friday, March 4, 2011
Jewel - Near You Always (Live 2006)
Please don't say I love you
Those words touch me much too deeply
And they make my core tremble
Don't think you realize the effect you have over me
And please don't look at me that way
It just makes me want to make you near me always
Please don't kiss me so sweet
It makes me crave a thousand kisses to follow
And please don't touch me like that
Makes every other embrace seem pale and shallow
And please don't come so close
It just makes me want to make you near me always
And please don't bring me flowers
They only whisper the sweet things you'd say
And don't try to understand me
Your hands already know too much, anyway
It just makes me want to make you near me always
And when you look into my eyes
Please know my heart is in your hands
It's nothing that I understand, but when in your arms
You have complete power over me
So be gentle if you please, 'cause
Your hands are in my hair
But my heart is in your teeth, babe
And it makes me want to make you near me always
I want to be near you always
I want to be near you always
I want to be near you always
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
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Sunday, February 20, 2011
VAN MORRISON - WHEN WILL I EVER LEARN TO LIVE IN GOD
The sun was setting over Avalon
The last time we stood in the west
Suffering long time angels enraptured by Blake
Burn out the dross innocence captured again
Standing on the beach at sunset all the boats
All the boats keep moving slow
In the glory of the flashing light in the evenings glow
When will I ever learn to live in God?
When will I ever learn?
He gives me everything I need and more
When will I ever learn?
You brought it to my attention everything that was made in God
Down through centuries of great writings and paintings
Everything lives in God
Seen through architecture of great cathedrals
Down through the history of time
Is and was in the beginning and evermore shall be
When will I ever learn to live in God?
When will I ever learn?
He gives me everything I need and more
When will I ever learn?
Whatever it takes to fulfill his mission
That is the way we must go
But you've got to do it your own way
Tear down the old, bring up the new
And up on the hillside its quiet
Where the shepherd is tending his sheep
And over the mountains and the valleys
The countryside is so green
Standing on the highest hill with a sense of wonder
You can see everything is made in God
Head back down the roadside and give thanks for it all
When will I ever learn to live in God?
When will I ever learn?
He gives me everything I need and more
When will I ever learn?
Van Morrison Hungry For Your Love
I'm hungry for your love
I'm hungry for your love
I'm hungry for your love
But I can wait now
I'm on the telephone
And I am all alone
I'm on the telephone
And we're connected
Chorus:
I got such a lot of love
I wanna give it to you
I got such a lot of love
I wanna give it to you
I got such a lot of love
I wanna give it to you
And though we're far apart
You are here in my heart
And though we're far apart
You're part of me now
And after all the years
And after all the tears
And after all the tears
There's just the truth now
Repeat Chorus
Well, I'm hungry for your love
Hungry for your love
Well, I'm hungry, yeah, well, I'm hungry
For your love now
I love you in buckskin, yeah, yeah
I love you in buckskin, yeah, yeah
I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you
I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you
I love you now
I'm hungry for your love
I'm hungry for your love
I'm hungry for your love
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Think About You by Greg Brown
-Further In- by Greg Brown
<!--StartFragment-->further in, grandmother; grandfather, hold my hand
as I go on through this life and try to understand
the beauty of your faces I will never see again
but I know you're with me now leading me further in
further in, you friends of mine, they led me further in
I know I've hurt you many times and I've helped you and I will again
you to me and me to you, and us to all of them
the circle that will ever grow as we go further in
further in, O my love, take me further in
past the place where love hides its face and down to where we begin
so deep in this mystery, my tears on yours depend
and they like some wild river flow as we go further in
Greg Brown - Steady Love
She wants your passion, your caress
She wants your hands on her and a soulful kiss
But she's lookin' for more than just that, son
Gotta be somethin' under all the good times and fun
Oh steady love, steady love
When the chips are down
The kind she can be sure of
Oh steady love
She might like flowers, might like a poem
Might like it better if you were home
And cooked with her and did a little dance
Where the kitchen is happy, love has a chance
Oh steady love, steady love
When the chips are down
The kind she can be sure of
Oh steady love
She's seen the cool boys hangin' around
With their sad dark eyes they never settle down
They might've written books or made CDs for the shelves
But they mostly just think about themselves
She wants steady love, steady love
When the chips are down
The kind she can be sure of
Oh steady love
When the kids are cryin' and the bills are due
And you wonder what you have gotten into
And you think the whole deal is not to be
Give her steady love, you'll find out how hot a woman can be
Steady love, steady love
When the chips are down
The kind she can be sure of
Oh steady love
I've heard men say, "Well look at that
She's such a babe, he's kinda dull, a little fat"
He must know something about kind and fair
When she needs somebody, the man is there
He gives her steady love, steady love
When the chips are down
The kind she can be sure of
Oh steady love
Mmmm, steady love
When the chips are down
The kind she can be sure of
Oh steady love
(Repeat, repeat) I can't stop!
She wants your hands on her and a soulful kiss
But she's lookin' for more than just that, son
Gotta be somethin' under all the good times and fun
Oh steady love, steady love
When the chips are down
The kind she can be sure of
Oh steady love
She might like flowers, might like a poem
Might like it better if you were home
And cooked with her and did a little dance
Where the kitchen is happy, love has a chance
Oh steady love, steady love
When the chips are down
The kind she can be sure of
Oh steady love
She's seen the cool boys hangin' around
With their sad dark eyes they never settle down
They might've written books or made CDs for the shelves
But they mostly just think about themselves
She wants steady love, steady love
When the chips are down
The kind she can be sure of
Oh steady love
When the kids are cryin' and the bills are due
And you wonder what you have gotten into
And you think the whole deal is not to be
Give her steady love, you'll find out how hot a woman can be
Steady love, steady love
When the chips are down
The kind she can be sure of
Oh steady love
I've heard men say, "Well look at that
She's such a babe, he's kinda dull, a little fat"
He must know something about kind and fair
When she needs somebody, the man is there
He gives her steady love, steady love
When the chips are down
The kind she can be sure of
Oh steady love
Mmmm, steady love
When the chips are down
The kind she can be sure of
Oh steady love
(Repeat, repeat) I can't stop!
Bob Seger- Till It Shines
Take away my inhibitions
Take away my solitude
Fire me up with your resistance
Put me in the mood
Storm the walls around this prison
Leave the inmates
Free the guards
Deal me up another future
From some brand new deck of cards
Take the chip off of my shoulder
Smooth out all the lines
Take me out among the rustling pines
Till it shines
Like an echo down a canyon
Never coming back as clear
Lately I just judge the distance
Not the words I hear
I've been too long on these islands
I've been far too long alone
I've been too long without summer
In this winter home
Still if we can make the effort
If we take the time
Maybe we can leave this much behind
Till it shines
See the rich man lost and lonely
Watch him as he dines
Sitting there just testing all the wines
Till it shines
Take away my solitude
Fire me up with your resistance
Put me in the mood
Storm the walls around this prison
Leave the inmates
Free the guards
Deal me up another future
From some brand new deck of cards
Take the chip off of my shoulder
Smooth out all the lines
Take me out among the rustling pines
Till it shines
Like an echo down a canyon
Never coming back as clear
Lately I just judge the distance
Not the words I hear
I've been too long on these islands
I've been far too long alone
I've been too long without summer
In this winter home
Still if we can make the effort
If we take the time
Maybe we can leave this much behind
Till it shines
See the rich man lost and lonely
Watch him as he dines
Sitting there just testing all the wines
Till it shines
Monday, February 14, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Randy Newman - Feels Like Home
Something in your eyes
Makes me wanna lose myself
Makes me wanna lose myself
In your arms.
There's something in your voice
Makes my heart beat fast
Hope this feeling lasts
The rest of my life.
If you knew how lonely my life has been
And how low I've felt so long.
If you knew how I wanted someone to come along
And change my life the way you've done.
Feels like home to me
Feels like home to me
Feels like I'm on the way back
Where I come from.
Feels like home to me
Feels like home to me
Feels like I'm on the way back
Where I belong.
A window breaks
Down a long dark street
And a siren wails in the night.
But I'm all right
'Cause I have you here with me
And I can almost see
Through the dark there's light.
If you knew how much this moment means to me
And how long I've waited for your touch.
If you knew how happy you are making me.
I never thought I'd love anyone so much.
Feels like home to me
Feels like home to me
Feels like I'm on the way back to where I come from.
Feels like home to me
Feels like home to me
Feels like I'm on the way back where I belong.
Feels like I'm on the way back where I belong.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Alison Krauss - When You Say Nothing At All
It’s amazing how you can speak right to my heart
Without saying a word you can light up the dark
Try as I may I could never explain
What I hear when you don’t say a thing
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There’s a truth in your eyes sayin’ you’ll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you’ll catch me if ever I fall
You say it best when you say nothing at all
All day long I can hear people talking out loud
But when you hold me near, you drown out the crowd
Old mr. webster could never define
What’s being said between your heart and mine
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There’s a truth in your eyes sayin’ you’ll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you’ll catch me if ever I fall
You say it best when you say nothing at all
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There’s a truth in your eyes sayin’ you’ll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you’ll catch me if ever I fall
You say it best when you say nothing at all
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Don't Forget - Brett Dennen
don't forget, don't forget
mhmm
that I believe in you
should you forget, should you forget
let me remind you
that I am behind you
you were a secret, waiting to be found out
soon you'll be what everyone is talking about
may you spread your love like laughter
and find whatever you're after
open all your windows and let the music spill out
don't forget, don't forget
mhmm
that I believe in you
should you forget, should you forget
let me remind you
that I am behind you
may you dance like rain upon a still lake
you make this world a beautiful place
no more crying, don't shun your light, keep shining
wipe your tears from your sweet face
don't forget, don't forget
mhmm
that I believe in you
should you forget, should you forget
let me remind you
that I am behind you
don't be afraid should things happen to change
'cause change can be a beautiful thing
should things fall apart
be patient like a rainbow
life is loving in letting go
Anna Ternheim - My Heart Still Beats For You - Live from Kristallen 2009
Hard to believe how people move
Falling out of love with you
Tearing down all the walls and love, the chaos
Thought again, of driving by, the place we meet
You and I, where it started, how we lived, together always
My heart, still beats, for you
My heart, still beats, for you
After all, it's always you
You came down, hard that summer
I started to dance, remember
Everything, not a thought of you
And I lied alot too
Maybe to forget you
My heart, still beats, for you
My heart, still beats, for you
My heart, still beats, for you
My heart, still beats, for you
After all, it's always you
I come back too
I come back too you
I come back too you
I come back too you
Falling out of love with you
Tearing down all the walls and love, the chaos
Thought again, of driving by, the place we meet
You and I, where it started, how we lived, together always
My heart, still beats, for you
My heart, still beats, for you
After all, it's always you
You came down, hard that summer
I started to dance, remember
Everything, not a thought of you
And I lied alot too
Maybe to forget you
My heart, still beats, for you
My heart, still beats, for you
My heart, still beats, for you
My heart, still beats, for you
After all, it's always you
I come back too
I come back too you
I come back too you
I come back too you
The Beautiful Girls - When I Had You With Me
Another day it goes by, it goes by
and still I am far away
from your side, from your side.
And oh, my heart
how it aches sometimes, it aches sometimes.
And though we're apart,
I've got you on my mind.
You're on my mind.
And one day when all this traveling has ceased,
I will lay my head and rest my feet,
and dream of older days when we were young and free.
When I had you.
When I had you with me.
Brett Dennen - By & By
Listen close, as close as I am to you
like the bell of liberty I'll ring a sound that's true
and days go by and seasons too
in time our love may digress with the words we can renew
I tell you that I
I love you by and by
I don't know if I'd survive
without a friend like you in my life
and I know words can can be the worst to prevail
how it is I feel for you it's hard for me to say
but if we keep it simple I think it's better that way
tangeled words tend to lead my messages astray
I tell you that I
I love you by and by
and I don't know if I'd survive
without a friend like you in my life
this web we weave holds us hand in hand
and if we loosen our grips we may weaken these strands
so lets reinforce our love and let it echo through the land
if we don't we may find ourselves washed up with the sand
I tell you that I
I love you by and by
and I don't know if I'd survive
without a friend like you in my life
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Randy Newman - Feels Like Home
Something in your eyes
Makes me want to lose myself
Makes me want to lose myself
In your heart
Something in your voice
Makes my heart beat fast
Hope this feeling will last
The rest of my life
If you knew
How lonely my life has been
And how low I�ve felt for so long
If you knew
I wanted someone to come along
And change my world
The way you've done
It feels like home
Feels like home to me
Feels like I�m on my way back
Where I come from
Feels like home
Feels like home to me
Feels like I�m on my way back
Where I�m from
With your embrace
Down a long dark street
And a sigh of wind in the night
It's alright
Cause I have you here with me
And I can almost see
The dark feels light
If you knew
How much this moment means to me
And how long I�ve waited for your touch
If you knew
I wanted someone to come along
I never thought I�d love anyone
So much
Feels like home
Feels like home to me
Feels like I�m on my way to where I come from
Feels like home to me
Feels like home to me
Feels like I�m on my way back to where I belong
Feels like I�m on my way back to where I belong
Randy Newman - Living Without You
The milk truck hauls the sun up
And the paper hits the door
The subway shakes my floor
And I think about you
Time to face the dawning gray
Of another lonely day
Baby, it's so hard
Living without you
It's so hard
Baby, it's so hard
Baby, it's so hard
Living without you
Ev'ry one's got something
And they're out tryin' to get some more
They got something to get up for
Well I ain't about to
Nothin's gonna happen
Nothin's gonna change
Baby, it's so hard
Living without you
It's so hard
Baby, it's so hard
Baby, it's so hard
Living without you
The milk truck hauls the sun up
And the paper hits the door
The subway shakes my floor
And I think about you
Time to face the dawning gray
Of another lonely day
Baby, it's so hard
Living without you
It's so hard
Baby, it's so hard
Baby, it's so hard
Living without you
Ev'ry one's got something
And they're out tryin' to get some more
They got something to get up for
Well I ain't about to
Nothin's gonna happen
Nothin's gonna change
Baby, it's so hard
Living without you
It's so hard
Baby, it's so hard
Baby, it's so hard
Living without you
The Moon's a Harsh Mistress - Jimmy Webb
See her how she flies
Golden sails across the sky
Close enough to touch
But careful if you try
Though she looks as warm as gold
The moon's a harsh mistress
The moon can be so cold
Once the sun did shine
Lord, it felt so fine
The moon a phantom rose
Through the mountains and the pines
And then the darkness fell
And the moon's a harsh mistress
It's so hard to love her well
I fell out of her eyes
I fell out of her heart
I fell down on my face
Yes, I did, and I -- I tripped and I missed my star
God, I fell and I fell alone, I fell alone
And the moon's a harsh mistress
And the sky is made of stone
The moon's a harsh mistress
She's hard to call your own.
Randy Newman - Guilty
Yes, baby, I been drinkin'
And I shouldn't come by I know
But I found myself in trouble
And I had nowhere else to go
Got some whisky from the barman
Got some cocaine from a friend
I just had to keep on movin'
Til I was back in your arms again
Guilty, baby I'm guilty
And I'll be guilty the rest of my life
How come I never do what I'm supposed to do
How come nothin' that I try to do ever turns out right?
You know, you know how it is with me baby
You know, I just can't stand myself
And it takes a whole lot of medicine
For me to pretend that I'm somebody else
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Rebekka Bakken - Is That You
Are those your tears
running down my cheeks
is that your breath
playing with my hair
is that your love
running through my veins
How can it be
How can it be
Is this your song
coming through my mouth
is that your voice
playing with my heart
How can it be
this moment is
so full of you
so full of you
It's not a wish
not a memory
it's not a thought
so I ask;
how can it be
this moment is
so full of you
so full of you
You answer me through my smile
an I know you've been here
for a while
Is that you
Is that you
running down my cheeks
is that your breath
playing with my hair
is that your love
running through my veins
How can it be
How can it be
Is this your song
coming through my mouth
is that your voice
playing with my heart
How can it be
this moment is
so full of you
so full of you
It's not a wish
not a memory
it's not a thought
so I ask;
how can it be
this moment is
so full of you
so full of you
You answer me through my smile
an I know you've been here
for a while
Is that you
Is that you
"The Song is You" Frank Sinatra
(O.Hammerstein II, J.Kern)
[Recorded September 18, 1979, Los Angeles]
I hear music when I look at you
A beautiful theme of every dream I ever knew
Down deep in my heart I hear it play
I can feel it start, then it melts away
I hear music when I touch your hand
A beautiful melody from some enchanted land
Down deep in my heart, I hear it say
"Is this the day?"
I alone have heard this lovely strain
I alone have heard this glad refrain
Must it be forever inside of me?
Why can't I let it go? Why can't I let you know?
Why can't I let you know the song my heart would sing?
Beautiful rhapsody of love and youth and spring
The music is sweet, and the words are true
The song is you
[instrumental]
Why can't I let you know the song my heart would sing?
That beautiful rhapsody of love and youth and spring
The music is sweet, and the words are true
The song is you
[Recorded September 18, 1979, Los Angeles]
I hear music when I look at you
A beautiful theme of every dream I ever knew
Down deep in my heart I hear it play
I can feel it start, then it melts away
I hear music when I touch your hand
A beautiful melody from some enchanted land
Down deep in my heart, I hear it say
"Is this the day?"
I alone have heard this lovely strain
I alone have heard this glad refrain
Must it be forever inside of me?
Why can't I let it go? Why can't I let you know?
Why can't I let you know the song my heart would sing?
Beautiful rhapsody of love and youth and spring
The music is sweet, and the words are true
The song is you
[instrumental]
Why can't I let you know the song my heart would sing?
That beautiful rhapsody of love and youth and spring
The music is sweet, and the words are true
The song is you
Grateful Dead - Part 1 - Box of Rain - 6-10
Box of Rain The Grateful Dead
Like Jerry once said, "when we're done-the music is yours.."
Look out of any window
any morning, any evening, any day
Maybe the sun is shining
birds are winging or
rain is falling from a heavy sky -
What do you want me to do,
to do for you to see you through?
this is all a dream we dreamed
one afternoon long ago
Walk out of any doorway
feel your way, feel your way
like the day before
Maybe you'll find direction
around some corner
where it's been waiting to meet you -
What do you want me to do,
to watch for you while you're sleeping?
Well please don't be surprised
when you find me dreaming too
Look into any eyes
you find by you, you can see
clear through to another day
I know it's been seen before
through other eyes on other days
while going home --
What do you want me to do,
to do for you to see you through?
It's all a dream we dreamed
one afternoon long ago
Walk into splintered sunlight
Inch your way through dead dreams
to another land
Maybe you're tired and broken
Your tongue is twisted
with words half spoken
and thoughts unclear
What do you want me to do
to do for you to see you through
A a box of rain will ease the pain
and love will see you through
Just a box of rain -
wind and water -
Believe it if you need it,
if you don't just pass it on
Sun and shower -
Wind and rain -
in and out the window
like a moth before a flame
It's just a box of rain
I don't know who put it there
Believe it if you need it
or leave it if you dare
But it's just a box of rain
or a ribbon for your hair
Such a long long time to be gone
and a short time to be there
Sunday, January 16, 2011
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Thursday, January 13, 2011
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Eva Cassidy - If I Give My Heart
If I give my heart to you tonight,
will you still be by my side.
Or will you be gone, with the morning sun;
Like a restless bird in fly.
Take me in your arms,
and let the love you see,
Wash away your sorrows.
Let the morning be ours too keep.
and If I should tell you of a love that I had,
will you still be there for me.
or will you away to a faded love,
searching for freedoms game.
Take me in your arms,
and let the love you see,
wash away your sorrows.
Let the morning be ours to keep.
Take me in your arms,
and let the love you see,
wash away your sorrows.
Let the morning be ours to keep.
If I give my heart to you tonight,
will you still be by my side.
or will you be gone,
with the morning sun.
Like a bird who yearns to fly.
If I give my heart to you tonight,
will you still be by my side.
Or will you be gone, with the morning sun;
Like a restless bird in fly.
Take me in your arms,
and let the love you see,
Wash away your sorrows.
Let the morning be ours too keep.
and If I should tell you of a love that I had,
will you still be there for me.
or will you away to a faded love,
searching for freedoms game.
Take me in your arms,
and let the love you see,
wash away your sorrows.
Let the morning be ours to keep.
Take me in your arms,
and let the love you see,
wash away your sorrows.
Let the morning be ours to keep.
If I give my heart to you tonight,
will you still be by my side.
or will you be gone,
with the morning sun.
Like a bird who yearns to fly.
If I give my heart to you tonight,
will you still be by my side.
Or will you be gone, with the morning sun;
Like a restless bird in fly.
Take me in your arms,
and let the love you see,
Wash away your sorrows.
Let the morning be ours too keep.
and If I should tell you of a love that I had,
will you still be there for me.
or will you away to a faded love,
searching for freedoms game.
Take me in your arms,
and let the love you see,
wash away your sorrows.
Let the morning be ours to keep.
Take me in your arms,
and let the love you see,
wash away your sorrows.
Let the morning be ours to keep.
If I give my heart to you tonight,
will you still be by my side.
or will you be gone,
with the morning sun.
Like a bird who yearns to fly.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
'The Curse' by Josh Ritter on Q TV
The Curse by Josh Ritter
He opens his eyes, falls in love at first sight
With the girl in the doorway
What beautiful lines, how full of life
After thousands of years what a face to wake up to
He holds back a sigh as she touches his arm
She dusts off the bed where till now he's been sleeping
Under miles of stone, the dried fig of his heart
Under scarab and bone starts back to its beating
She carries him home in a beautiful boat
He watches the sea from a porthole in stowage
He can hear all she says as she sits by his bed
Then one day his lips answer her in her own language
The days quickly pass, he loves making her laugh
The first time he moves it's her hair that he touches
She asks "Are you cursed?" He says "I think that I'm cured"
Then he talks of the Nile and the girls in bullrushes
In New York he is laid in a glass-covered case
He pretends he is dead, people crowd round to see him
But each night she comes round, and the two wander down
The halls of the tomb that she calls a museum
Often he stops to rest, but then less and less
Then it's her that looks tired, staying up asking questions
He learns how to read from the papers that she
Is writing about him and he makes corrections
It's his face on her book and more and more come to look
Families from Iowa, upper West-siders
Then one day it's too much, he decides to get up
And as chaos ensues, he walks outside to find her
She's using a cane, and her face looks too pale
But she's happy to see him, as they walk he supports her
She asks "Are you cursed?" but his answer's obscured
In a sandstorm of flashbulbs and rowdy reporters
Such reanimation, the two tour the nation
He gets out of limos, he meets other women
He speaks of her fondly, their nights in the museum
But she's just one more rag now he's dragging behind him
She stops going out, she just lies there in bed
In hotels in whatever towns they are speaking
Then her face starts to set and her hands start to fold
And one day the dry fig of her heart stops its beating
Long ago on the ship, she asked "Why pyramids?"
He said "Think of them as an immense invitation"
She asks "Are you cursed?" He says "I think that I'm cured"
Then he kissed her and hoped that she'd forget that question.
Song Meaning by robandrew: I think the lyrics suggest the journey of love between two people (boat reference) I think that the man had previously been unfaithful, and had lost his previous love through his errors in life. This lost love is represented throughout the song as a 'dried fig' of a heart. Both for him at the start, and her at the end. I also think the Egyptian aspect is significant. The process of mummification ends with the 'weighing of the heart' where the heart is weighed against the feather of truth. I.e if you've been truthful and good, then you'll make it to the afterlife (or in this case true love and happiness). The fact that this person gets 're-animated' suggests that they had failed at this and are having another shot at life. The reference to the scarab beetle also relates to this process.
Scarab amulets were often placed over the heart of the mummified deceased. These "heart scarabs" were meant to be weighed against the feather of truth during the final judgement. The amulets were often inscribed with a spell from the Book of the Dead which entreated the heart to, "do not stand as a witness against me."
The heart obviously betrays the person in the song. I think that he fell in love with someone her knew, perhaps a friend, and his love for her grew until he finally revealed it to her. The reference to being cursed could be showing her understanding of his past unfaithfulness, hence her reluctance, requiring his assurances ' as they left he supported her'
Despite these adversities, their love grew and both approached true happiness.. until his heart betrayed him again and he started to seek attention from elsewhere (affairs) This would fit nicely with the 'rag behind her' line, and the fact that she lay thinking about what he was doing, to the point it killed the love within her.(dried fig heart)
The fact that he wishes she hadn't mentioned the curse suggests he wishes she didn't know about his past, and therefore be as suspicious of his behaviour (leopards changing their spots etc..)
The pyramids are described as an invitation, an unknown adventure. Perhaps relates to the lure of other women outside of the relationship. Only some thoughts!!!
Saturday, January 1, 2011
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