![]() Befriended (2003) [ larger cover art ] |
Old days, don't come to find me
The sun is just about to climb up over there
While my heart is sinking I do not want my voice
To go out into the air
Did you leave the darkness without me?
You're always miles ahead
And you're standing in tomorrow on the runway
Oh, be the music in my head
The air around my bed
Oh, be my rest
Replace the small disgraces of the times and places
That I never really left
Did you leave the darkness without me?
You're always miles ahead
And you're standing in tomorrow on the runway
Oh, I want to fly, fly forward into the light
Be alive, to come alive
On the leaf-bright Friday drive
Sudden horses at the red light
Turn around, see clearer ways to go now
| jackiewelsh | Posted: Jan 16, 2013 - 14:55 concurred demenshea wrote: OMG, not another whiny girly voice... |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Jan 16, 2013 - 14:51 Soothing |
| Giselle62 (many bear, big rock, estuary California) | Posted: Nov 14, 2012 - 20:59 was she also in The Sundays? this is very sweet. |
| demenshea (Foothills of the Sierra Nevada Range) | Posted: Jun 10, 2012 - 09:21 leafmold wrote: minnie mouse, is that you??? OMG, not another whiny girly voice... |
| ziakut (The Windy City) | Posted: May 09, 2012 - 14:21 Pristine. Makes me feel good...and produces a much needed smile on this kind yet aging face. |
| leafmold | Posted: May 09, 2012 - 14:20 minnie mouse, is that you??? |
| Limpopoking (The Parish of St. Alfonzo) | Posted: Dec 03, 2011 - 02:17 laozilover wrote: I believe I HAVE this record! Laozimemory |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Dec 02, 2011 - 22:43 Nice song! |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Dec 02, 2011 - 22:41 let's get the gun Reminds of "Can I take my gun to heaven". sorry, i think it was a good tune............nice logo, too |
| laozilover (Left of Chicago and up) | Posted: Jul 29, 2011 - 19:17 I believe I HAVE this record! |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Jun 28, 2011 - 09:29 I'm sinking in twee! Help me! I can't take much more of this. . . someone please throw me a snare. . . a Marshall amp. . . a cowbell. . . ANYTHING! |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Mar 25, 2011 - 14:54 tulfan wrote: I ALWAYS feel better after hearing one of their pieces... Me, too, tulfan! Something about the childlike quality of the vocals and the simple, melodic music always makes me breathe easier and do a little daydreaming of sunshine, meadows, and birds singing. Love this song... |
| tulfan (One of the last ones in SE MI) | Posted: Sep 17, 2010 - 09:35 I ALWAYS feel better after hearing one of their pieces... |
| namp | Posted: Jul 15, 2010 - 11:08 Karen's voice is divine! |
| laozilover (Left of Chicago and up) | Posted: May 12, 2010 - 20:11 Can't believe I had given this only a '7'. I just bumped it to a '9'. How cum I don't have this record?!? |
| TonyT (Northeastern United States) | Posted: May 17, 2009 - 20:18 The album "Glow" (1995) is one of their best. Highly recommended. Oh yeah - almost forgot - wouldn't know diddley-squat about this band or many awesome others if not for RP. I'd be stuck in the '80s - OH NOES! |
| ladron (Sam Diego, CA) | Posted: May 17, 2009 - 20:11 I like it. Belle & Sebastian sensibilities with some Sundays thrown in. |
| Egrey (WASH, DC) | Posted: Aug 06, 2008 - 11:54 Ropes wrote: yes...i agree...agree...agree. thrice, as a matter of fact.
wferrier wrote: sublime and ephemeral. . .
Doh! You guys beat me to it!...Did I mention that I think her voice is rather ethereal and lilting? |
| Ropes (Cos Cob, CT) | Posted: Aug 06, 2008 - 11:52 yes...i agree...agree...agree. thrice, as a matter of fact. wferrier wrote: sublime and ephemeral. . .
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| wferrier (Johnson City, New York; Home of the Factory) | Posted: Aug 06, 2008 - 11:50 sublime and ephemeral. . . |
| PureGirl (St Paul) | Posted: Jan 30, 2008 - 11:57 I love her voice!!!! |
| gekkosan (Ithaca, NY) | Posted: Jan 30, 2008 - 11:57 Ohh... hadn't heard this one from them! Nice, as usual. She has such a lovely voice! |
| tiare (St. Remy, Paris, Los Angeles, Hilo, Wailuku Manoa, are my main hangs) | Posted: Jan 30, 2008 - 11:56 Reminds me sort of Sandy Denny, Fairport Convention |
| smackiepipe (Western North Carolina) | Posted: Jan 30, 2008 - 11:56 This one always puts a smile on my face. |
| tiare (St. Remy, Paris, Los Angeles, Hilo, Wailuku Manoa, are my main hangs) | Posted: Jan 30, 2008 - 11:54 heart felt music |
| darkhorse53 (Illinois) | Posted: Sep 26, 2007 - 21:17 I like her voice. |
| NorthernLad (Elk Lake, Northern Ontario Canada) | Posted: May 24, 2007 - 04:15 davin wrote: this reminds me of something or other off of the 90's romeo and juliet sound track
hmmmmm interesting Stina Nordenstam, methinks. |
| Mari (île de lesvos) | Posted: Apr 22, 2007 - 16:19 palatin8 wrote: Last couple of songs make me wonder, hey, you got a scale of 1 -10 to vote, not a 6 -10. I never rate below 5, give Bill some credit for not addin' suko barfo shit to his own precious station! |
| oscar_driver (South Florida) | Posted: Mar 22, 2007 - 07:18 So much sweetness and melancholy makes some people sick, i just love it! Oscar |
| meydele (By the sea) | Posted: Mar 22, 2007 - 07:16 Sounds like "standing on tomorrow in your underwear"? |
| omniphiliac | Posted: Feb 19, 2007 - 00:05 I like her voice a lot. It makes the song. The acoustic guitar is pleasant but not notable. The composition is meant to create an contemplative ambience and it succeeds. |
| palatin8 (K´town, Germany) | Posted: Jan 05, 2007 - 15:03 Last couple of songs make me wonder, hey, you got a scale of 1 -10 to vote, not a 6 -10. |
| Daniel_Pittenger (Vermont) | Posted: Dec 07, 2006 - 12:52 This is cute. |
| eclectek (New Orleans, LA) | Posted: Dec 07, 2006 - 12:51 Delicate sounds with boring lyrics lead to me firing up my CD player. |
| NewFee (Toronto - Beaches) | Posted: Nov 22, 2006 - 22:32 jerkstore wrote: :puke: thats chicken dijon with green beans, 2 egg whites with cheese, and 3 cups of coffee... that just gives me physical pain Gotta admit this made me chuckle... |
| davin (Victoria) | Posted: Sep 25, 2006 - 09:38 this reminds me of something or other off of the 90's romeo and juliet sound track hmmmmm interesting |
| juliealice (Oakland, CA) | Posted: Jun 29, 2006 - 12:55 I agree with what others have said - that Karen Peris's voice is a bit too precious for me. She does a couple of songs with Natalie Merchant, though - Frozen Charlotte and When They Ring the Golden Bells, I think - and that combination of voices is just amazing. They suit each other perfectly. Anyway, I still enjoy this, but the little-girl quality of the voice does get a bit much for me. |
| trekhead (Just Missed Me.) | Posted: May 31, 2006 - 07:41 It not only speaks to me... it sings to me. 8. |
| Shesdifferent (Just visiting this planet) | Posted: Apr 17, 2006 - 14:19 OMG Thought this was Anna Ternheim for a minute there. |
| prairiedogj (An Igloo in Canada) | Posted: Apr 17, 2006 - 14:18 Beautiful. |
| RichardPrins (Oceania) | Posted: Mar 14, 2006 - 17:06 |
| Skinwalker | Posted: Feb 17, 2006 - 20:03 nick_valensi wrote: that voice... not again... It is so annoying. Ok, that's it. This deserves a 1.
That's funny...the voice is what I *like* about this song. |
| nick_valensi (Quito, Ecuador) | Posted: Feb 13, 2006 - 07:17 that voice... not again... It is so annoying. Ok, that's it. This deserves a 1. |
| The_Waker (Omaha) | Posted: Jan 29, 2006 - 14:21 |
| Randyl (In the wooded mountains above LaLa Land, California) | Posted: Jan 04, 2006 - 22:40 What an incredible recording of a remarkably unusual and evocative voice. |
| spindrift | Posted: Dec 31, 2005 - 11:28 I love IM. Thanks RP. |
| lepton | Posted: Dec 21, 2005 - 21:21 If I make it into heaven this will be one of the songs playing there. |
| nick_valensi (Quito, Ecuador) | Posted: Dec 21, 2005 - 11:13 I'm sorry... I just can't stand that voice. |
| bindi (North Carolina) | Posted: Dec 21, 2005 - 11:11 olsaltybastard wrote: I've heard this several times now. I can't help but pick up a phony "cutesie little girl" sound that just isn't allowing me to like this one bit.
Ah! The very reason I like it! |
| olsaltybastard | Posted: Dec 17, 2005 - 00:02 I've heard this several times now. I can't help but pick up a phony "cutesie little girl" sound that just isn't allowing me to like this one bit. |

Reminds of "Can I take my gun to heaven". sorry, i think it was a good tune............nice logo, too
Something about the childlike quality of the vocals and the simple, melodic music always makes me breathe easier and do a little daydreaming of sunshine, meadows, and birds singing. Love this song...