A lovely song.
Stephen M. has a post about sad songs on his blog, and the ones that were posted there reminded me of this song by Jane Siberry w/KD Lang.
A man is placed upon the steps, and a baby cries
High above you can hear the church bells start to ring
And as the heaviness, oh the heaviness of the body settles in
Somewhere you can hear a mother sing
Then it’s one foot, then the other, as you step out on the road
Step out on the road
How much weight? How much?
Then it’s how long? And how far?
And how many times? Oh, before it’s too late?
Calling all angels, calling all angels
Walk me through this one
Don’t leave me alone
Calling all angels, calling all angels
We’re trying, we’re hoping
But we’re not sure how…
And every day you gaze upon the sunset
With such love and intensity
It’s almost…it’s almost as if
If you could only crack the code
Then you’d finally understand what this all means
But if you could…do you think you would
Trade in all the pain and suffering?
Ah, but then you’d miss
The beauty of the light upon this earth
And the sweetness of believing
Calling all angels, calling all angels
Walk me through this one
Don’t leave me alone
Callin’ all angels, callin’ all angels
We’re trying, we’re hoping
But we’re not sure
We’re trying, we’re hoping
We’re hurting, we’re loving
We’re crying, we’re calling
‘Cause we’re not sure how this goes
Posted to the radio.blog.
I’m pretty sure this song (minus kd lang) was on the Crow soundtrack ages ago. I used to listen to it over and over, it felt so empty and full at the same time, I just couldn’t get enough. It might have been on some other album, but I love it nonetheless
Comment by mo mommy — March 26, 2007 @ 2:47 am