Baaba Maal's reply to some of the CDs I'm currently playing, gave me the idea of starting a section on favourite lyrics, snippets of lyrics or poems, quotes, which I'll call words that touch the soul.I'll set it up over the next few days, but for now let's use this space.
Since he started with a New Order song, "Regret", I'll stay in the spirit with "Turn" from their latest release. It speaks volumes to me, reminding me of past relationships, and also of valuable friendships that, although are now far away, will always remain with me.
Turn
It's a hard way to come home
You've got me on my knees
The walls are tumbling down
They're falling like the leaves
The days turned into months and years
I can't forget that you were here
I feel your presence everywhere
In the corner over there
Turn your eyes from me
It's time for me to go
Across the hills and over the sea
I want you more than you know
It's a wild world out there
And nobody gives a damn
In cold blood we don't care
And we don't want to understand
I'm sitting here alone at night
My sleepless eyes are open wide
What do you want me to say
What we had has gone away
The sky is high the road is long
Show me what I should have done
What do you want me to do
Take it all away from you
Turn your eyes from me
It's time for me to go
Across the hills and over the sea
I want you more than you know
2 comments:
No English language singer touches my soul more than the romantic and moody Bryan Ferry. With his dreamy looks that hint both Alain Delon and Al Pacino, he seems a lot like someone who has loved a lot and lost a lot as well.
Let me add two of my favs to this then.
1. More than this (Bryan Ferry/Roxy Group).
Two very good covers of this classic were also performed by Natalie Merchant (late of 10,000 Maniacs) and Bill Murray (no kidding, in the movie "Lost in Translation"). Enjoy:
I could feel at the time
There was no way of knowing
Fallen leaves in the night
Who can say where they're blowing
As free as the wind
And hopefully learning
Why the sea on the tide
Has no way of turning
More than this - there is nothing
More than this - tell me one thing
More than this - there is nothing
It was fun for a while
There was no way of knowing
Like dream in the night
Who can say where we're going
No care in the world
Maybe I'm learning
Why the sea on the tide
Has no way of turning
More than this - there is nothing
More than this - tell me one thing
More than this - there is nothing
2. Slave to Love (Bryan Ferry).
Made famous by the ground-breaking romance movie - 9 and a half weeks, with Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger, this movie re-defined the romance genre, and made this song even more famous. The song was crucial to the story and truly describes the state of the relationship between the two leads as Basinger sinks deeper in love with Rourke. It was beautifully shot on the two leads as they escape the rain in the then (circa 80s NY) gritty, bohemian, non-family values friendly, non-sanitized and edgy SoHo neighbourhood of NY. Enjoy:
Tell her I'll be waiting
In the usual place
With the tired and weary
There's no escape
To need a woman
You've got to know
How the strong get weak
And the rich get poor
You're running with me
Don't touch the ground
We're restless hearted
Not the chained and bound
The sky is burning
A sea of flame
Though your world is changing
I will be the same
The storm is breaking
Or so it seems
We're too young to reason
Too grown up to dream
Now spring is turning
Your face to mine
I can hear your laughter
I can see your smile
No I can't escape
I'm a slave to love
Both equally great songs from the only romantic troubadour of modern rock.
Speaking of movies re-defining the romantic genre, 9 1/2 Weeks did certainly change the way such movies were made in the 80s. And for the new century, we have Closer, a movie that takes a real, hard, and honest look at romantic relationships. Relationships are not syrupy sweet, they can be briefly, but generally are not. They are a battlefield, where competing egos test their ground, where people revert to a state once experienced during childhood, when we were trying to see how much we can get away with.
More to follow in a post...
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