“This jam has all the essential elements of Tragic Beauty... heartrending emotion, simplicity, authenticity, and a glimpse of light – the beauty – that offers some hint of redemption against a lethal dose of despair.
At a cursory glance the lyrics suggest a typical break-up song... but this is Lou Reed and this is Velvets – so it's anything but typical. This tale of adulatory is deeply passionate ("Thought of you as my mountain top / Thought of you as my peak / A thought of you as everything / I've had, but couldn't keep"), but ultimately the protagonist recognizes "it's truly, truly a sin."
So much of the heart crushing pathos of this song is delivered in the repetition of the poetic line "Linger on... your pale blue eyes." Haunting. Haunted. By love... by a memory... by guilt.”
This jam has all the essential elements of Tragic Beauty... heartrending emotion, simplicity, authenticity, and a glimpse of light – the beauty – that offers some hint of redemption against a lethal dose of despair.
At a cursory glance the lyrics suggest a typical break-up song... but this is Lou Reed and this is Velvets – so it's anything but typical. This tale of adulatory is deeply passionate ("Thought of you as my mountain top / Thought of you as my peak / A thought of you as everything / I've had, but couldn't keep"), but ultimately the protagonist recognizes "it's truly, truly a sin."
So much of the heart crushing pathos of this song is delivered in the repetition of the poetic line "Linger on... your pale blue eyes." Haunting. Haunted. By love... by a memory... by guilt.
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A delicate, tender and exquisite song written about someone with hazel eyes (Reed, L. 'Between Thought and Expression', 1991). Lovely accompanying visuals. Have a mellow weekend folks.
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