It's a really simple song, musically. just some synth a guitar and two voices. both tinged with sweetness and a bit of innocence and sadness. the best line is probably "i can picture your heart falling to the ground from 13 stories up, i'll drop a penny from where i stand and see which one hits first".
There are tracks you really like but you dont always know why, I remember the first time I heard this and I couldnt get it our of my head. Here I am many years later still loving it. If you get a chance get a 'best of Talk Talk' and you will be well rewarded.
04 Dec 03 ·FlyingDutchman1971: Great track! The 12" remix is excellent, and I was happily surprised by Gwen Stefani's recent rendition of this great song. Why didn't I think of recommending this one???!!! Stupid Dutchman... stupid stupid stupid...
08 Jan 04 ·inbloom44: That's such a pretty song! 08 Jan 04 ·eftimihn: "and if a double-decker bus / crashes into us /
to die by your side / is such a heavenly way to die / and if a ten ton truck / kills the both of us / to die by your side / the pleasure and the privilege is mine" ...seriously, isn't this the most heartwarming declaration of love ever ?
28 Feb 04 ·FlyingDutchman1971: Nothing beats Morrissey's beautifully tortured voice on such emotional songs such as this. A band by the name of 'the Ocean Blue' recorded a great live cover of this song for a 4-track CD single called "Peace and Light".
