Meg Hutchinson — Gatekeeper
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When the day has grown too long, the hour's standing still
When you wonder if you could, if you will
With your toes upon the edge, with your eyes upon the sky
Tell me just these things before you fly
How are you feeling, what are your plans for tomorrow?
Will you let me make some, and after, you can do as you will
If your hand should lose the rail, your heel should lose the chord
Will everything seem fixable that did not before?
See how the sun shines on the bay, the islands over there
You could make it through today if you dare
How are you feeling, what are your plans for tomorrow?
Will you let me make some, and after, you can do as you will
Maybe every day in ordinary ways We hold each other on
We keep each other here
Maybe every day in ordinary ways We hold each other on
We keep each other here
How are you feeling?
What are your plans?
When you wonder if you could, if you will
With your toes upon the edge, with your eyes upon the sky
Tell me just these things before you fly
How are you feeling, what are your plans for tomorrow?
Will you let me make some, and after, you can do as you will
If your hand should lose the rail, your heel should lose the chord
Will everything seem fixable that did not before?
See how the sun shines on the bay, the islands over there
You could make it through today if you dare
How are you feeling, what are your plans for tomorrow?
Will you let me make some, and after, you can do as you will
Maybe every day in ordinary ways We hold each other on
We keep each other here
Maybe every day in ordinary ways We hold each other on
We keep each other here
How are you feeling?
What are your plans?
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Pretty song about a tragic subject....see article waaaaay down
Thanks Bill!
Purty good. 7
I'm feeling fine dammit. Stop asking me that!
Norah?
doormusic wrote:
Thanks for the info. It's a tremendously powerful song, given knowledge of the content.
Meg wrote this song after reading an article in the New Yorker. Here is the link to the article: https://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/10/13/031013fa_fact. Pretty amazing story and amazing song.
Thanks for the info. It's a tremendously powerful song, given knowledge of the content.
I kept waiting for it to be as good as KT Tunstall.. still waiting..
jagdriver wrote:
Quite. How am I feeling? Narcoleptic.
Quite. How am I feeling? Narcoleptic.
listen_n_sf wrote:
Yeah, me too. Which is a shame, really, because she has a really great voice.
I thought this was a really good Norah Jones song.
Yeah, me too. Which is a shame, really, because she has a really great voice.
Norah Jones Imitation!?
doormusic wrote:
Thanks for this - it's important info for understanding the song.
Meg wrote this song after reading an article in the New Yorker. Here is the link to the article: https://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/10/13/031013fa_fact. Pretty amazing story and amazing song.
Thanks for this - it's important info for understanding the song.
sappy, repetitive, blech
I thought this was a really good Norah Jones song.
rdo wrote:
Of course that comment was from a politician, so take with a grain of salt. The author has mentioned a few pages earlier that, in a city that defines the definition of liberal, there is no popular support for a barrier. It's indicative of a general, "Good riddance to bad rubbish" attitude our culture seems to have towards those with mental health issues rather than a left/right political issue.
Then again, making apolitical issues into political fodder is a societal obsession nowadays too isn't it?
I remember that article. It was about building the barrier to prevent people from jumping. I thought it was ironic that conservatives did not want the barrier, but liberals did. Usually, it's the other way around in "right to die" issues.
Of course that comment was from a politician, so take with a grain of salt. The author has mentioned a few pages earlier that, in a city that defines the definition of liberal, there is no popular support for a barrier. It's indicative of a general, "Good riddance to bad rubbish" attitude our culture seems to have towards those with mental health issues rather than a left/right political issue.
Then again, making apolitical issues into political fodder is a societal obsession nowadays too isn't it?
doormusic wrote:
I remember that article. It was about building the barrier to prevent people from jumping. I thought it was ironic that conservatives did not want the barrier, but liberals did. Usually, it's the other way around in "right to die" issues.
Meg wrote this song after reading an article in the New Yorker. Here is the link to the article: https://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/10/13/031013fa_fact. Pretty amazing story and amazing song.
I remember that article. It was about building the barrier to prevent people from jumping. I thought it was ironic that conservatives did not want the barrier, but liberals did. Usually, it's the other way around in "right to die" issues.
Meg wrote this song after reading an article in the New Yorker. Here is the link to the article: https://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/10/13/031013fa_fact. Pretty amazing story and amazing song.
I am always open to new acoustic singer songwriters. This is wonderfully wistful for me.