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I wish I'd see a field below
I wish I'd hear a rooster crow
But there are none who live downtown
And so the day starts out so slow
Again the sun was never called
And darkness spreads over the snow
Like ancient bruises
I'm awake and feel the ache
But I wish I'd see a field below
I wish I'd see a field below
I wish I'd see your face below
I wish I'd hear you whispering low
But you don't live downtown no more
And everything must come and go
Again the sun was never called
And darkness spreads over the snow
Like ancient bruises
I'm awake and feel the ache
I'm awake and feel the ache
But I wish I'd see a field below
But I wish I'd see a field below
I'm awake and feel the ache
But I wish I'd see a field below
I'm awake and feel the ache
But I wish I'd see a field below
I wish I'd see a field below
I wish I'd see a field below
I wish I'd hear a rooster crow
But there are none who live downtown
And so the day starts out so slow
Again the sun was never called
And darkness spreads over the snow
Like ancient bruises
I'm awake and feel the ache
But I wish I'd see a field below
I wish I'd see a field below
I wish I'd see your face below
I wish I'd hear you whispering low
But you don't live downtown no more
And everything must come and go
Again the sun was never called
And darkness spreads over the snow
Like ancient bruises
I'm awake and feel the ache
I'm awake and feel the ache
But I wish I'd see a field below
But I wish I'd see a field below
I'm awake and feel the ache
But I wish I'd see a field below
I'm awake and feel the ache
But I wish I'd see a field below
I wish I'd see a field below
I wish I'd see a field below
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Trying not to get too bogged down in specifics, but here's my flawed, perhaps firmly mistaken interpretation:: The song seems to be about a melancholy (maybe even sadder than melancholy) person longing for the past -- the "field below" was a familiar, everyday sight once upon a time, something the speaker took for granted, perhaps even to the point of finding it irksome -- and now it's gone for good. The attraction, of course, is to what is seen in retrospect as a "happier time." The past is of course irrevocable and all the more alluring because it's gone. Tthe annoyances and resentments of reality are gone with it. Maybe associated with a lost love the speaker also took for granted -- the speaker has moved on to the city and has ended the relationship but regrets it, or maybe the initial idea was to have the other person follow but their love didn't last. The memories are like "ancient bruises," meaning that she/he thinks the wounds should have healed by now, but they haven't. Yet the lonely speaker wants or at least feels compelled to remember, deciding that it's better to feel something than nothing, better to hurt than to be numb.
"i wish i'd see your face below
i wish i'd hear you whispering low
but you don't live downtown no more
and everything must come and go"
But the more that i look at it now, it seems to reflect her longing for a love.
"and darkness spreads over the snow
like ancient bruises
i'm awake and feel the ache
but i wish i'd see a field below..."
the 1st line seems to talk about New York, and how she feels (darkness=sad obviously). the 2nd, maybe referring to this happening before like him leaving her before but they got back together, or the idea of hurting because of a lost love. the 3rd seems to talk about losing sleep over it all. 4th seems to mean she wants to get away, either somewhere more peaceful and simple, or just to isolate herself.
regardless, this song is so beautiful, the words, her singing, and even the piano. i love it!
its just about dealing with someone and kind of being impatient, its just ehr emotions poring out maybe she tried to get over something with this song
This song reminds me of the apartment I was staying in with my grandparents. I can recall the concrete used in the building. It was summer, but the use of the erhu in this song reminds me that my grandfather plays this instrument.
I associate this song with urban development, of old neighborhoods being levelled to make way for new apartment complexes.
The field below that Regina refers to may have been dug up to put pavement after the narrator's breakup...
It was the New York City thing that really made me think of it. Central Park is like this little island of nature in the city, but, especially in the winter, there's still a sense of an urban setting.
She wishes she could see "a field below" her, instead of the snow covered in "ancient bruises" (her relationship ended a long time ago, but she still hasn't come to terms with it, and still feels "the ache" of longing) because it would mean that it were still the summer when they had been there together. She wishes she could see "his face below," coming up the hill to greet her. The "sun was never called," meaning that she didn't fight hard enough to save the relationship, and she feels as though she should have done more.