Plays:5
Song DescriptionThis is a gorgeous, epic, intensely personal black-key ballad that starts with fluid, rolling piano and builds to a dramatic string arrangement of "Bridge Over Troubled Water" intensity with rock drums (played by Gregg Willliams who played drums on Sheryl Crow's masterful "Globe Sessions" album) and guitar. Unusually confessional lyrics match a vulnerable, beautiful lead vocal with an unconventional chordal turn in the choruses of this stirring, powerful song.
Story Behind the SongAfter a painful and dramatic relapse, it was cathartic to compose something extremely personal, honest and exposing that admitted there are in fact lonely moments in an otherwise happy and successful loner life.
Song Length
6:52
Genres
Pop - General, Pop - Rock
Tempo / Feel
Slow (71 - 90)
Lead Vocal
Male Vocal
Moods
Poignant, Troubled
Subject Matter
Loneliness, Sadness
Similar Artists
Nick Drake, Radiohead, Aimee Mann, Elton John, Simon & Garfunkel, George Michael, Ben Folds
Language
No Language
Era
1970 - 1979