Ryan Adams – Elizabeth, You Were Born to Play That Part

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  General Comment:i just downloaded this, and am listening to it for the first time.
  and i made it all the way through the words without a tear,
  but then came the instrumental.
  and oh god.

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  General Comment:I think what makes this song so powerful is that yeah, he wrote this for a friend about her stillborn baby, but it could just as easily be about a failed relationship. The lyrics are ambiguous enough so that all you get, really, is the feeling of some sort of love - any sort of love - having prematurely died before it really had a chance to grow. You have descriptions of calculations and planning and expecting something great and not being able to let go of the fact that you just don't really have what you thought you would.

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  General Comment:this is such a gorgeous song,
  i start crying everytime i hear him sing
  "where ever you are i hope youre happy now
  im caught in a dream and i cant get out.
  im caught in a dream
  im caught in an endless dream"

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  General Comment:yeah that instrumental pretty much seals the deal.

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  General Comment:listen to that instumental...it takes my breath away no matter how many times i hear it.

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  General Comment:Does anyone else think this may have something to do with Beth Orton?

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  General Comment:everythings amazing, down to the very title

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  General Comment:everythings amazing, down to the very title

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  General Comment:It's about one of Ryan's close friends who lost a child that was about to be born, who had already been named. According to Ryan, his friend never recovered from it.
  
  That's what he said at a live performance in June of last year.

  Flag Beazeron March 10, 2006   Link

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    Hi, the show is from Charleston SC and the date was 10/06/2005 and
    it is on the LMA for anyone who wants to download a copy.
    All because of the generosity of Mr Ryan Adams. :-)
    A Beautiful song from one of the greatest Songwriters/Performers
    that is around today IMO.

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  General Comment:I see it as the equivalent of "The Shadowlands" on the new album.
  
  Is it dedicated to Beth Orton?

  Flag DonDiegoon February 09, 2006   Link

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