![]() Careful What You Wish For (2009) [ larger cover art ] |
You were there - at the moment I began
When the child became a man
Saw my future in the making - saw the path my life was taking
You saw a million things I'll never understand
You know me better than I know myself
Better than I know myself
Time after time you've shown it to be true
That no one loves me like you
You are here so let it rain or let it shine
You are with me all the time
When I'm waking - When I'm sleeping
In the secret thoughts I'm keeping
You know everything about this heart of mine
You know me better than I know myself
Better than I know myself
Time after time you've shown it to be true
That no one loves me like you
You'll be there - when the end of time has come
And I know you'll take me home
So I thank you for tomorrow
All my joys and all my sorrows
And I thank you for the greatest thing I've known
You know me better than I know myself
Better than I know myself
Time after time you've shown it to be true
That no one loves me like you
When the child became a man
Saw my future in the making - saw the path my life was taking
You saw a million things I'll never understand
You know me better than I know myself
Better than I know myself
Time after time you've shown it to be true
That no one loves me like you
You are here so let it rain or let it shine
You are with me all the time
When I'm waking - When I'm sleeping
In the secret thoughts I'm keeping
You know everything about this heart of mine
You know me better than I know myself
Better than I know myself
Time after time you've shown it to be true
That no one loves me like you
You'll be there - when the end of time has come
And I know you'll take me home
So I thank you for tomorrow
All my joys and all my sorrows
And I thank you for the greatest thing I've known
You know me better than I know myself
Better than I know myself
Time after time you've shown it to be true
That no one loves me like you
| marcc (columbia, sc) | Posted: May 03, 2013 - 06:54 i love this more every time i hear it. most beautiful music. |
| softjeans (Upper Ojai, CA) | Posted: Apr 11, 2013 - 21:40 kdarwish wrote: Exquisite bowing, and super piano accompaniment, sooo mellow. More of these please, thanks. Yeah, this is cool....what is this? A sound track? A sampled classic? A virtuoso? |
| ce (The Netherlands) | Posted: Apr 10, 2013 - 06:59 The strings remind me of The Straight Story soundtrack again. Absolutely Beautiful film. |
| kdarwish (Turku, Finland) | Posted: Apr 10, 2013 - 06:58 Exquisite bowing, and super piano accompaniment, sooo mellow. More of these please, thanks. |
| Rachoh (Boston) | Posted: Apr 10, 2013 - 06:55 kojiroh wrote: This made me feel very weird, sad, I think. It's the same weather today as it was a couple of years back, while I was still at university, when I took my mom to sightsee the campus and the city it was in. She wanted to see it so much, and she still does, even though it's been 3 years since I graduated. Hearing this song in this weather made me realize the fact that I can't go to that past anymore, nor can I relive it. Perhaps I won't even be allowed in the campus grounds because I'm no longer a student, but I can at least take her to the city. <3 music has that amazing way to bring back the past, but never as fresh as we'd like the memory to be. |
| kojiroh (Istanbul, Turkey) | Posted: Apr 02, 2013 - 03:41 This made me feel very weird, sad, I think. It's the same weather today as it was a couple of years back, while I was still at university, when I took my mom to sightsee the campus and the city it was in. She wanted to see it so much, and she still does, even though it's been 3 years since I graduated. Hearing this song in this weather made me realize the fact that I can't go to that past anymore, nor can I relive it. Perhaps I won't even be allowed in the campus grounds because I'm no longer a student, but I can at least take her to the city. |
| Limpopoking (The Parish of St. Alfonzo) | Posted: Mar 11, 2013 - 10:59 Rmike wrote: I am so glad I don't know you Awesomely put |
| Rmike (Up a creek down a river) | Posted: Jan 29, 2013 - 09:02 socalhol wrote: ......this track makes me sleepy....... I am so glad I don't know you |
| BBoyes (Salt Lake City Utah) | Posted: Jan 29, 2013 - 09:00 Last time this was on RP I bought the CD. This may be my favorite tune from the whole album. It's quite different from the rest. Love good electric string instruments. |
| JarrodG (La Jolla, CA) | Posted: Jan 22, 2013 - 08:32 Mmmm...that was quite nice |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Dec 20, 2012 - 08:26 TerryS wrote: A Texan as an arbiter of English useage; hmmm. Support now the growing sentiment to enable Texas to secede from the Union. Think of the benefits: no more Rick Perry; the Dallas Cowboys are just another football team; they get that entire border with Mexico all to themselves. Yes, you'd need a passport to see SXSW, but life is full of trade-offs, eh? |
| ziakut (Slightly North of Obvlivion) | Posted: Dec 20, 2012 - 07:38 A cleansing and beautiful track. Making me sad...and I don't want to be sad right now. |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 09:10 TerryS wrote: A Texan as an arbiter of English useage; hmmm. Indeed. |
| OHMish (Copenhagen) | Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 09:04 This is beautiful Except for the few screechy cat-with-nails-on-charkboard parts |
| cmarcan (Nanaimo, BC) | Posted: Nov 27, 2012 - 15:55 Beautiful!!! Has to be a 10 for me! |
| cShaggy (..in the general vicinity..) | Posted: Oct 05, 2012 - 14:34 hightail wrote: there is a touch of sadness and tragedy in this but beautiful.
..^ a touch of genius too.. |
| hightail | Posted: Sep 20, 2012 - 10:19 there is a touch of sadness and tragedy in this but beautiful. |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Sep 12, 2012 - 17:48 gemtag wrote: The world is made of irony. and (hopefully) just passing through... Snarky, PHD Just so long as the Snark isn't a Boojum, we should all be safe, we should all be safe, we should all be safe. |
| gemtag (Texas) | Posted: Jul 26, 2012 - 12:41 TerryS wrote: A Texan as an arbiter of English useage; hmmm. The world is made of irony. and (hopefully) just passing through... Snarky, PHD |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Jul 11, 2012 - 19:45 gemtag wrote: It's purdy You must be blond A Texan as an arbiter of English useage; hmmm. |
| FooledAgain (43°40'N 79°20'W) | Posted: Jul 11, 2012 - 19:43 From 8 to 9. So haunting. |
| Byronape ("post-capitalist wreckageville") | Posted: Jun 16, 2012 - 08:31 OHMish wrote: See the comments at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAqo4swBXXU I hope these folks sent a nice thank you card to RP, it appears that they got a lot of exposure from here. |
| milipili (by the Black Sea) | Posted: Jun 16, 2012 - 05:57 Without the piano, it would sound remarkably similar to a Romanian "doină" — which also expresses feelings of longing. It can make you weep even if you don't have anyone to miss... |
| OHMish (Copenhagen) | Posted: Jun 01, 2012 - 06:54 See the comments at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAqo4swBXXU |
| eroz (Boston) | Posted: Jun 01, 2012 - 06:50 Need your earphones on to really appreciate this. |
| docuplate | Posted: May 30, 2012 - 16:59 Right now I can't think of a more perfect piece of music. Brief and beautiful. Transcendent. And THANK YOU for your comment on this song eswiley — peace and joy to you and your family. |
| radiopob (Hot Springs, Arkansas) | Posted: May 30, 2012 - 16:49 When a guy realizes that she's not coming back ... this song is that feeling (to me) ... |
| devilturtle | Posted: May 22, 2012 - 15:31 In response to Hippiechick's "Garsh, this is purty" gemtag wrote: It's purdy You must be blond To gemtag - Thank you for that comment Professor Snarky! (By the way, I don't think Websters has finalized the official mis-spelling of a word deliberately mis-spelled as a small joke - purty is just fine) |
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: May 22, 2012 - 15:13 One of the more beautiful and evocative tracks RP plays. Goes deep. |
| nrahk (Vancouver, BC) | Posted: May 22, 2012 - 15:11 Zzzzzzzz. |
| bentonian (Longmont, CO) | Posted: May 15, 2012 - 11:09 "But our squeak control goes to 11." |
| gemtag (Texas) | Posted: May 09, 2012 - 08:39 hippiechick wrote: Garsh this is purty! It's purdy You must be blond |
| hippiechick (topsy turvy land) | Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 13:19 Garsh this is purty! |
| Easyrider | Posted: Apr 28, 2012 - 23:14 eswiley2 wrote: Beautiful thoughts! I wish you peace. Yes,I often think along the same lines,very soothing track. |
| drsteevo (Location Location) | Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 07:15 This song is really capturing my mood at the moment... |
| socalhol (Seattle) | Posted: Mar 14, 2012 - 18:45 ......this track makes me sleepy....... |
| Rootcare | Posted: Feb 25, 2012 - 13:30 reminds me of Angelo Badalamenti.... Nice! |
| eswiley2 | Posted: Feb 17, 2012 - 10:57 bailey_comus wrote: I'm metastatic and one of the things I amuse myself with at work is creating a soundtrack to my death. When my mom was in hospice, no one told us the signs of impending death and instead of hearing calm, she heard us freaking out. I'm thinking that her last thought was that my sister and I had to stop being such ninnies - that being a favorite comment made to us and especially to me. This song is on the top of my list. I don't want sad b/c I when the time comes, I don't want to delay my passage by thinking about sad things - I want music that feels calm and 'pretty' and which might be reassuring to my husband, sister and cousin. I don't mean this to be morbid. I have a concurrent list called 'Things to play during Remission Periods'. Lots of dance tracks on that one! Beautiful thoughts! I wish you peace. |
| d-don (Oregon) | Posted: Jan 26, 2012 - 10:23 9 → 10 |
| d-don (Oregon) | Posted: Jan 03, 2012 - 11:05 bailey_comus wrote: I'm metastatic and one of the things I amuse myself with at work is creating a soundtrack to my death. When my mom was in hospice, no one told us the signs of impending death and instead of hearing calm, she heard us freaking out. I'm thinking that her last thought was that my sister and I had to stop being such ninnies - that being a favorite comment made to us and especially to me. This song is on the top of my list. I don't want sad b/c I when the time comes, I don't want to delay my passage by thinking about sad things - I want music that feels calm and 'pretty' and which might be reassuring to my husband, sister and cousin. I don't mean this to be morbid. I have a concurrent list called 'Things to play during Remission Periods'. Lots of dance tracks on that one! This is not morbid at all. In fact, this is a tremendous post and an idea I will borrow for my passage as well. When my mother-in-law passed, the hospital had a harpist summoned who played through her last breath and kept playing for some time after. We like to think that it helped her, but we know that it helped us. Thanks for sharing this idea. |
| ScottFromWyoming (Powell) | Posted: Jan 03, 2012 - 11:01 bailey_comus wrote: |
| BillUlmer | Posted: Dec 25, 2011 - 17:19 I loved this 3 notes in ! |
| gemtag (Texas) | Posted: Dec 10, 2011 - 10:35 When it finished I wanted to hit replay. Only bad thing about RP. |
| bailey_comus (Phoenix, AZ) | Posted: Dec 08, 2011 - 17:10 I'm metastatic and one of the things I amuse myself with at work is creating a soundtrack to my death. When my mom was in hospice, no one told us the signs of impending death and instead of hearing calm, she heard us freaking out. I'm thinking that her last thought was that my sister and I had to stop being such ninnies - that being a favorite comment made to us and especially to me. This song is on the top of my list. I don't want sad b/c I when the time comes, I don't want to delay my passage by thinking about sad things - I want music that feels calm and 'pretty' and which might be reassuring to my husband, sister and cousin. I don't mean this to be morbid. I have a concurrent list called 'Things to play during Remission Periods'. Lots of dance tracks on that one! |
| sfearll (Sunny SoCal) | Posted: Dec 08, 2011 - 17:07 another one who had to stop and look... I like this a lot. thanks Bill! |
| hisskiss | Posted: Dec 06, 2011 - 13:32 Got a good review here... http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/cwnn2 stub30 wrote: Heard this 3-4 times now on RP; really liking it. How's the rest of the cd? |
| stub30 (East Wenatchee) | Posted: Dec 05, 2011 - 15:27 Heard this 3-4 times now on RP; really liking it. How's the rest of the cd? |
| blue-ice (Chicago-ish, USA) | Posted: Dec 02, 2011 - 16:40 Friday night seems to be an odd time to play this... |
| Dahlia_Gumbo (San Francisco) | Posted: Nov 23, 2011 - 22:56 Very nice, thanks RP :) |
| lily34 (lexvegas) | Posted: Nov 23, 2011 - 22:55 love it. |
