I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You

Here's a link to perhaps one of the most sober, moving love songs I've ever heard. I was introduced to this song through the soundtrack to Zach Braff's amazing film, Garden State. It is Colin Hay's song to his love beyond the grave, and it makes my heart ache to hear it.

Wordsworth said that the purpose of poetry is to move people through common human experience. Well, here's a perfect example of exactly that. I have never lost someone so dear to my heart, and yet I feel (in some small degree) the weight of that burden when I hear Colin Hay sing.

The accompaniement is very solemn. One acoustic guitar sets up the basic melody, and another guitar adds a little texture at exactly the right moments.

"I drink good coffee every morning;
it comes from a place that's far away.
And when I'm done, I feel like talking,
but without you here, there is less to say."

Colin... you're breaking my heart.

-brian