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You can find Slumbering's original version of the song here.
The song is about an earthbound spirit, trapped between two states of being and stifled by the grave. On her original songpage Slumbering explains what personal significance this has for her. It touches me deeply too for my own reasons. But I think anyone who has experienced an overwhelming sense of isolation will be able to relate to it.
I've made my cover pretty close to the original in every respect. I feel that what she did with it was so good and so right for the song that there was no point trying to turn it into something else just for the sake of it. So this is really a selfish pleasure for me, I just love the song and wanted to sing it. Working on this has given me an even deeper respect for her songwriting and piano skills (and vocal range) which are streets ahead of mine and gave me a genuine challenge!
My deepest gratitude to Slumbering for allowing me to work with this and for creating such a hauntingly beautiful song in the first place, which I now dedicate back to her with love and thanks.
For you Slumbs!
The song is about an earthbound spirit, trapped between two states of being and stifled by the grave. On her original songpage Slumbering explains what personal significance this has for her. It touches me deeply too for my own reasons. But I think anyone who has experienced an overwhelming sense of isolation will be able to relate to it.
I've made my cover pretty close to the original in every respect. I feel that what she did with it was so good and so right for the song that there was no point trying to turn it into something else just for the sake of it. So this is really a selfish pleasure for me, I just love the song and wanted to sing it. Working on this has given me an even deeper respect for her songwriting and piano skills (and vocal range) which are streets ahead of mine and gave me a genuine challenge!
My deepest gratitude to Slumbering for allowing me to work with this and for creating such a hauntingly beautiful song in the first place, which I now dedicate back to her with love and thanks.
For you Slumbs!
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Lyrics
Don't go
No, no, my love
I hear you above
Don't go
Don't know how long since I died
Or how I can know I'm shut inside
But I hear you above
And I'm longing
For the world that I love
For belonging
I can't forget
I can't let go
Let me return
Don't go
Oh, to see the birth of Spring
Feel it soften
Or even to feel the earth
Just outside my coffin
I dream of the sky
Of ascent
And I ache for your skin
And I'm helpless within
This torment
I need to breathe
I need to be free
Of this body
I cannot scream
Can only dream
Even the dreams they smother
I can't break through
Can't reach you
Or any other
I can't forget
I can't let go
Let me return
Don't go
No, no, my love
I hear you above
Don't go
To all strangers passing by
Here lies a ghost that cannot fly
So sing her a lullaby
That she may rest.
No, no, my love
I hear you above
Don't go
Don't know how long since I died
Or how I can know I'm shut inside
But I hear you above
And I'm longing
For the world that I love
For belonging
I can't forget
I can't let go
Let me return
Don't go
Oh, to see the birth of Spring
Feel it soften
Or even to feel the earth
Just outside my coffin
I dream of the sky
Of ascent
And I ache for your skin
And I'm helpless within
This torment
I need to breathe
I need to be free
Of this body
I cannot scream
Can only dream
Even the dreams they smother
I can't break through
Can't reach you
Or any other
I can't forget
I can't let go
Let me return
Don't go
No, no, my love
I hear you above
Don't go
To all strangers passing by
Here lies a ghost that cannot fly
So sing her a lullaby
That she may rest.
Jean-Christophe
Very beautiful ! I'm looking forward to play with you :-)