This one is obvious...I've posted it here before.
To say I live for lyrics is an understatement. I have for pretty much my entire life. And when we lost Luke, I found myself finding different meanings in songs I'd listened to a million times. And then I came across this song. I've been a Ryan Adams fan for years, but the lyrics to this song never hit me the way they had after that day. And then I learned that sadly enough, Ryan wrote this song for a dear friend whose baby was stillborn. Her name was Elizabeth.
He captured my feelings on loss so perfectly, it's unbelievable. And now I kind of can't listen to it without bawling. Just the opening piano part gets me. But the yearning in his voice...and the frailty. Exactly.
Elizabeth, You Were Born to Play That Part--Ryan Adams
For you I'd do anything
Tear myself in two
Just to hear you breathe
Calculate the changes that in time
Turn to nothing and then multiply
Yourself by my pain
Over you is where I stand
I wish I knew why
But I don't understand
I'm waiting on someone that just won't show
And every night it seems like there's no tomorrow
Not that you will ever know
Wherever you are, I hope you're happy now
I'm caught in a dream and I can't get out
I'm caught in a dream
I'm caught in an endless dream
Wherever you are, I hope you're happy now
I'm caught in a dream and I can't get out
I'm caught in an endless dream
And I'm not strong enough to let you go
And I have tried everything
But that
Elizabeth
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