Story Behind The Song
There are fragments of many women in this song including my very first girlfriend who was indeed killed in a car accident. My good friend, Dan Cox, who does all the backing and recording for me, produced a backing track for the first version of lily rose that didn't accord with what I had written. We re-jigged the melody on the day but I was never happy with it. So now lily rose revisited brings the song back to how I wrote it
Song Description
Commended UK Songwriting Contest 2007
| Song Length |
5:04 |
Genre |
Folk - General |
Lyrics
she just arrived one day, suddenly she was there
with her multi-coloured clothes and her short dark hair
her voice of ancient wine and words of warmth and wonder
bless that summer's day, bless the rain and bless the thunder
that heralded her coming, my lovely lily rose
she gave me full white moons, gentle winds and midnight beaches
white stone spanish churches and ripe italian peaches
consecrated by her nakedness in the stillness of the night
her passion purified me and took me to a place of light
a place for the worship of my lovely lily rose
she graced my soul that year, she filled it up with heaven
she wrapped up life itself; that's what i was given
by a woman of such beauty i'd have to turn away
to stop my eyes from holding her, ceaselessly, day after day
the blood burning in my cheeks for my lovely lily rose
she left one day, suddenly she was gone
leaving only emptiness where her brilliant light had shone
t'was the dance of death that took her, a brutal country lane
that switched off paradise and switched on relentless, undying pain
in place of the perfection of my lovely lily rose