Gray area

I've been listening to David Gray lately. His album Life in Slow Motion is a nice piece of work. Piano-driven songs and ever poignant lyrics like the one from the song Lately below -

That the sky would lift
That I'd find my place
That I'd see your face in the door
And the sun would glint
On a time well spent
On a time that ain't no more

Taste the broken hearts
In the vacant lots
See the fruit that rots on the trees
Try to turn my head
Leave it all for dead
But it's in my mind always

Honey lately I've been way down
A load on my mind
Honey lately I've been way down
Load on my mind

Someone tell me where did it go
Darling I'm damned if I know
I seen that look in your eye
No-one ever gave it a chance
I could have said in advance
You saw it all in a glance
And goodbye

Drag a salted kiss
From this cup of bliss
Watch a new lie twist on the breeze
You can paint it red
Leave it all for dead
But it's in my head always

Goodbye

Honey lately I've been way down

Lately

Some of the music is deceptively upbeat. The lyrics tell a different story. Such good lines like - "Taste the broken hearts / In the vacant lots" and "Watch a new lie twist on the breeze" and "Now I'm leaking life faster / Than I'm leaking blood."

Unfortunately, the album - at least in the US - has been listed as one of the CDs affected by Sony's malevolent anti-piracy software. Read more here and here. What to do then? Get it off an online store.

Posted by Monoceros at November 13, 2005 10:15 AM