Re: Running Up That Hill

[johnz@eaglet.rain.com]

haldeman@mail.sas.upenn.edu (Gene Haldeman) writes:

>        I've seen very little here written about the song "All The 
>Love", from  The Dreaming, but this piece of music has hit me hard,
>emotionally, from the first time I heard it.  I have rarely been able
>to not cry.  It sems to me the epitome of the end of a relationship, 
>from the selfish fear of only being remembered vaguely to that 
>thought that one's answering machine message may be the only thing
>that remains once something is over, and then, over on the other
>side, the fear that calling back after a good-bye might be equally
>disturbing, and the fear that continuing what is happening might be 
>equally damning.  It'd be interesting, I think, to hear opposing 
>viewpoints on this particular song.

Not just the end of a relationship but of a life ("The first time I
died"; "The next time, I dedicate my life's work to the friends I make").
This song is about how we take our loved ones for granted, and don't
let them know how much they mean to us when it means the most, and so
often regret it once it's too late:

"They kiss me with tears
They hadn't been near me for years
So why do it now
When I won't be around, I'm going out?"
----
"Only tragedy allows the release
Of love and grief never normally seen
I didn't want to let them see me weep
I didn't want to let them see me weak"

...an especially poignant theme in light of Kate's newest (to our ears),
"Moments of Pleasure".


John Zimmer
johnz@eaglet.rain.com