Hi,

actually this song gives me a lot of hope right now, especially the first verse. I know it's the famous lines that are on the chair which Suzanne made. But hearing them sung is still a lot more intensive.

In fact I've been crying a lot during the last months since so many things didn't seem to work out. Sometimes you think well, if this doesn't work out then maybe something else will. Like the old image that if one door is shut another one opens unexpectedly. But that didn't happen either so at times I was really miserable.  So whenever I listen to these four lines, they keep me going! Maybe I just need to be more patient - and keep going!

Thanks Suzanne!

Hope things get better soon ...

So, there is obviously a story about the lyrics to this song and the chair ... have read about this before, I think in a post from Catherine.

Can someone explain ?! ...

Well, yes, I hope so, too. I look at my tears as diamonds now - makes me feel a whole lot better!

 About the chair: As far as I remember, Suzanne put the chair on ebay to make money for charity and Catherine won the auction. We're all waiting for photos btw...!! ;-)

I think I just found several links:

 http://www.suzannevega.com/forums/post/9574.aspx

http://www.suzannevega.com/forums/2/9325/ShowThread.aspx

Cheers,
Annika

Salty tissues - well, you could say life with no tears at all might be as bland as food with no salt ...

Thanks for explaining Annika.  Well well, who's a lucky lady then Catherine! :-)

Helen.

Hi Annika!

Sorry that you had a bad time. Right now I'm surfing thru the old posts in the forum, instead of sleeping finally. It's a great community and you are sharing deep thoughts. Hope you doing better right now. Suzanne's lyrics often gave me a place for processing my problems and thoughts.

Somewhere deep within
Hear the creak
That lets the tale begin

Now, for me this lines has their own intent. This is my life now - there are no better words.

 
Bye

Susanna
 

Well, we all have bad times now and then. And crying is part of human life. Or as Helen put it so pointedly: "Salty tissues - well, you could say life with no tears at all might be as bland as food with no salt ...".

Thanks for your sympathy!

Susanna, I hope the tale that seems to be beginning for you right now will be a good one! ;-)

Cheers,
Annika

"Salty tissues ..." a really nice quote. After thinking of of your post, I remember a song from Lou Reed - Magic And Lost.

love this song very much so I put the final line of this song into my signature right now, but maybe because of this last guitar solo in the end, without any words its pure magic. Maybe it's time to say nothing. Think of you Annika and hope you doing fine.

 
Susanna
 

Hey everyone...

It's been a while for me, but it's usual for Towies to come and go, and when someone goes quiet for a long time, it usually goes unnoticed.

In September I went with a friend on an amazing trip to Nepal and Tibet, which showed me the third world close-up and personal for the first time. The views, smells and sounds of the trip still resonate within me. I took the trip with a friend because my darling wife couldn't come with us, as she was in the seventh month of her pregnancy. Yes, I left a pregnant woman alone for a month to go see the world. In my defense, my wife gave me a thumbs-up for the trip, because she knew I really wanted it, and wouldn't have the time after the baby came.

On November 30th our sweet little baby girl was born in Tel Aviv, healthy and alert. She is the light in our lives, and we simply adore her. She is a fragile little person, curious at times, and one of her smiles is worth all the hard work of caring for her every need.

So why write all this in this thread? I wanted to state the obvious. Songs like World Before Columbus and As You Are Now have always been simple to understand, but now they have a whole new layer of meaning, one that I feel inside and can't put into words. I truly love my daughter, a love that is as great as my love for my wife, but a different kind of love altogether. So thank you, Suzanne, for putting into words what I can't, and for touching me with songs, old and new.

Take care, and have a happy 2008 (better late than never...)

 Yuval =8-)