Listen to a new song / recording of mine which is to be released as part of Berlin based Kultmuke Magazines latest compilation. I dont often go into what the songs are about but with this I think maybe its pertinent. I stumbled across Virginia Woolfs suicide note (as you do) , which is pretty much directly dedicated to her husband Leonard and something about it touched a chord with me. She clearly loved him but for whatever reasons just couldnt face life anymore. The letter is a bit of a heart-breaker really, for me at least. Here it is... Dearest, I feel certain I am going mad again. I feel we can’t go through another of those terrible times. And I shan’t recover this time. I begin to hear voices, and I can’t concentrate. So I am doing what seems the best thing to do. You have given me the greatest possible happiness. You have been in every way all that anyone could be. I don’t think two people could have been happier till this terrible disease came. I can’t fight any longer. I know that I am spoiling your life, that without me you could work. And you will I know. You see I can’t even write this properly. I can’t read. What I want to say is I owe all the happiness of my life to you. You have been entirely patient with me and incredibly good. I want to say that – everybody knows it. If anybody could have saved me it would have been you. Everything has gone from me but the certainty of your goodness. I can’t go on spoiling your life any longer. I don’t think two people could have been happier than we have been. V This features a really ace Hawaiian-ish pedal steel solo by the supremely talented Jack Hayter too. https://youtube/watch?v=CSONCseI820
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 12:10:21 +0000