Posted by Pitstain at adsl-63-195-100-139.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net on January 20, 2002 at 19:14:55:
In Reply to: Nick Drake is my tragic singer/songwriter posted by Piscez on January 20, 2002 at 17:34:59:
his song "fruit tree" came true... and THAT is the biggest tragedy i can imagine... he is a thousand or million times more famous NOW than he was when he was alive...
Fruit Tree
Fame is but a fruit tree
So very unsound
It can never flourish
'Til it's stalk is in the ground.
So men of fame
Can never find a way
'Til time has flown
Far from their dying day.
Forgotten while you're here
Remembered for a while
A much updated ruin
From a much outdated style.
Life is but a memory
Happened long ago.
Theatre full of sadness
For a long forgotten show.
Seems so easy
Just to let it go on by
'Til you stop and wonder
Why you never wondered why.
Safe in the womb
Of an everlasting night
You find the darkness can
Give the brightest light.
Safe in your place deep in the earth
That's when they'll know what you were really worth.
Forgotten while you're here
Remembered for a while
A much updated ruin
From a much outdated style.
Fame is but a fruit tree
So very unsound.
It can never flourish
'Til it's stalk is in the ground.
So men of fame
Can never find a way
'Til time has flown
Far from their dying day.
Fruit tree Fruit tree
No-one knows you but the rain and the air
Don't you worry
They'll stand and stare when you're gone.
Fruit tree fruit tree
Open your eyes to another year
They'll all know
That you were here when you're gone.
Nick Drake's "Pink Moon" and the Beach Boys "Pet Sounds" are the two saddest albums i've ever heard... and i wouldn't trade them for my life.