The very first CD I have ever bought in my life is the single of this song. I have had the CD for twelve years now.
Through the most difficult times of my emotional life in the past ten years, I've always had this song around me. Just yesterday, I ripped it and put the MP3 on auto-repeat. Yes, this tune is going to find it's way into my Ipod.
I am not embarassed to admit now that there were two people that I sang my very own "unplugged" version to. You know who you are... I am quite certain that there wouldn't be a third person...
Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
Green light, Seven Eleven
You stop in for a pack of cigarettes
You don't smoke, don't even want to
Hey now, check your change
Dressed up like a car crash
Your wheels are turning but you're upside down
You say when he hits you, you don't mind
Because when he hurts you, you feel alive
Hey babe, is that what it is
Red lights, gray morning
You stumble out of a hole in the ground
A vampire or a victim
It depends on who's around
You used to stay in to watch the adverts
You could lip synch to the talk shows
And if you look, you look through me
And when you talk, you talk at me
And when I touch you, you don't feel a thing
If I could stay...
Then the night would give you up
Stay...and the day would keep its trust
Stay...and the night would be enough
Faraway, so close
Up with the static and the radio
With satellite television
You can go anywhere
Miami, New Orleans
London, Belfast and Berlin
And if you listen I can't call
And if you jump, you just might fall
And if you shout, I'll only hear you
If I could stay...
Then the night would give you up
Stay...then the day would keep its trust
Stay...with the demons you drowned
Stay...with the spirit I found
Stay...and the night would be enough
Three o'clock in the morning
It's quiet and there's no one around
Just the bang and the clatter
As an angel runs to ground
Just the bang
And the clatter
As an angel
Hits the ground
Faraway, So Close! is actually a film by Wim Wenders, a sequel to Wings Of Desire. When my heart has room for it, I will watch the DVD of both the films.
The angel has hit the ground...