I love this song, and listening to this song today, I just felt the need to talk about it. Patty does indeed have an amazing talent for storytelling. abhayadana has it right in that it is someone who is 'resilient...in the face of the absurdity of life' To me, it speaks of a woman whose 'sweetheart...before the war' was killed and she never let anyone else take his place. Instead of having a partner to share her life with, she satisfies herself with being happy for her sister and her nephew. She gets on with her life, filling it with things to do, things that take little effort but time away from the loneliness. She could 'cry or die' but she chooses to do something else that she doesn't have to think much about to take her mind off all that has and hasn't happened. She types and she makes pies.
It is a heart-breaking song, because you can see the life of monotony that this once vibrant young woman, now older and gray, has resigned herself to. It really feels like your talking to this woman, feelng for her; something very few songwriters can achieve. There's a kind of swelling of pride and hope and sorrow that accompanies this song everytime I hear it. I love everything about it: it's story, it's melody, it's pace, it's simplistic beauty. More people should listen to this song, listen to Patty full stop.
I love this song, and listening to this song today, I just felt the need to talk about it. Patty does indeed have an amazing talent for storytelling. abhayadana has it right in that it is someone who is 'resilient...in the face of the absurdity of life' To me, it speaks of a woman whose 'sweetheart...before the war' was killed and she never let anyone else take his place. Instead of having a partner to share her life with, she satisfies herself with being happy for her sister and her nephew. She gets on with her life, filling it with things to do, things that take little effort but time away from the loneliness. She could 'cry or die' but she chooses to do something else that she doesn't have to think much about to take her mind off all that has and hasn't happened. She types and she makes pies. It is a heart-breaking song, because you can see the life of monotony that this once vibrant young woman, now older and gray, has resigned herself to. It really feels like your talking to this woman, feelng for her; something very few songwriters can achieve. There's a kind of swelling of pride and hope and sorrow that accompanies this song everytime I hear it. I love everything about it: it's story, it's melody, it's pace, it's simplistic beauty. More people should listen to this song, listen to Patty full stop.