Story Behind The Song
The loss in 1994 of a loved one lead to this song, which came out very suddenly in 2000.
Song Description
This song is about dealing with loss and the questions it bring up in us all...atheists and believers alike. Whole song is built on a beautiful alternate tuning acoustic riff but moves around rhythmic syncopations and becomes a full band song
| Song Length |
5:34 |
Genre |
Pop - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant, Disconcerted |
Subject |
Sorrow, Spirituality |
| Similar Artists |
Counting Crows, Peter Gabriel |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1990 - 1999 |
| |
Lyrics
VERSE
Come and fill up my room, I'm waiting here tonight.
Prove to me that you're the one who turns on every light.
Cure my every illness, Cauterize my wound,
Cause I'm sitting here and waiting for the miracle of you.
VERSE
Seems like only yesterday I had a place to go.
I'd write her name a thousand times in banks of fallen snow
I'd wait outside her window, and listen for her voice,
And wrestle with my conscience like I even had a choice.
CHORUS
Olio...
VERSE
It seems like only yesterday, you took her voice away.
You killed her on the weekend of Independence Day.
Her sister sang "In My Life" and I said I understood.
I lied and said she must have gone
To a place that's calm and good
CHORUS
BRIDGE
And you are not real and you do not heal,
And you're not divine and I'll be just fine...Olio
VERSE
I do not understand what it is I should believe.
Am I supposed to thank the heavens
That I'm left behind to grieve?
And if you're ever-present, and If you do exist,
Then take away my memories,
So I don't know what I've missed.
CHORUS