Re: Song about dead lover?

[johnz@eaglet.rain.com (John Zimmer)]

scasterg@waltham.columbus.oh.us (Stuart Castergine) writes:

>I'm in need of a good song, lyrics, specifically, about a woman who is
>grieving for her dead lover.

>I'm looking for something KaTeish, but I can't recall anything that
>exactly fits (Wedding List won't do it, doesn't fit the scene). It's
>for a scene in a not-to-be-published bit of group fiction (i.e., no
>profit motive, copyrights not an issue, not to be distributed beyond
>the authors). The woman in question has just seen her lover shot to
>death; he dies not quite in her arms. She's a reckles romantic type,
>always thought she'd be the first to go. He was this solid stabilizing
>influence in her life, the one thing she could always count on. His
>death was a complete fluke. She's very broken up.

"My Lagan Love" sounds like a strong possibility (HoL-era b-side).  I don't
have lyrics handy, but hopefully they shouldn't be too hard get hold of.

Failing that, my second suggestion would be Concrete Blonde's "Darkening of 
the Light" from the album _Bloodletting_:

	"Like a ghost -- is the curtain
	In the white light of the morning --
	Dancing in the morning
	Are you there -- are you there?
	And a shadow -- like a sadness
	Falling all across the garden
	Dancing in the garden
	Are you there, are you there?

chorus:
	Shine on, friend. Goodnight
	Why then the darkening of the light

	And the leaves at my feet
	Whisper sounds so familiar
	Whisper so familiar --
	Are you there? Are you there?

		(chorus)

	Where the clouds pull apart
	And the moon changes faces
	In the quiet secret places
	Are you there? Are you there?"

(written by Johnette Napolitano)

Hope this helps.

John Zimmer
johnz@eaglet.rain.com