Tuesday, May 27, 2008

She Said

Here’s yet another one of those “apropos of nothing” moments… Collective Soul singing “She Said.”

This is the “official video,” which pales in comparison to the album track (which I cannot find. For the life of me.). Still and even, it’s good enough. I love the lyrics to this tune. And just in case you missed ‘em, here they are:

She said that time is unfair
To a woman her age
Now that wisdom has come
Everything else fades

She said she realizes
Shes seen her better days

She said she cant look back
To her days of youth
What she thought were lies
She later found was truth

She said her daddy had dreams
But he drank them away
And her mothers to blame
For the way she is today

lifes river shall rise, she said
that only the strong shall survive, she said
but Im feeling quite weak, she said
will you comfort and forgive me, she said

She says shes still searching
For salvations light
Yeah, she wishes all day
And then, she prays all night

She said she wont speak of love
cause love, shes never known
And its moments like these
She hates to be alone

lifes river shall rise, she said
that only the strong shall survive, she said
but Im feeling quite weak, she said
will you comfort and forgive me, she said

lifes river shall rise, she said
that only the strong shall survive, she said
but Im feeling quite weak, she said
will you comfort and forgive me, she said

lifes river shall rise, she said
that only the strong shall survive, she said
but Im feeling quite weak, she said
will you comfort and forgive me, she said

Forgive me
She said
Forgive me
She said

Good, innit?

Update, 5/28/2008: Thanks to ASW...this is the version I was looking for yesterday:

She Said - Collective Soul

Much better...even if ya gotta chase the link to get the whole song!

6 comments:

  1. I love Collective Soul. They are different that the usual "angst rockers" in that they actually have something profound to say.

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  2. What version are you looking for? iTunes has 3 of them that I could find, one is an acoustic version that I really liked (I may have to download it, along with Shine).

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  3. Buck, I am so glad that you included the lyrics in written form (you know ... this cheesy download limit out here). The words were piquant, real.

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  4. Kris sez: I love Collective Soul.

    Me, too. I don't have all their albums, but I do have four or five. "She Said" is my favorite and "December" is a close second.

    Jenny sez: What version are you looking for?

    I wanted a YouTube vid with the (alternate) studio version that's on "Dosage." Which is my favorite take on that song. I saw an acoustic version on YouTube yesterday and almost posted that...

    Lin: I feel for ya on the download limit, Girl. The lyrics to this song are very good...but the music is what first drew me in. But that's the way I always listen... music first, lyrics second.

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  5. Always a great song, great music....and I so relate to the lyrics of this song.

    Is this the version you are looking for? This was the one I remembered.

    She Said

    ~ASW

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  6. ASW!! You sweetie, you!! That's the one! Much better instrumentation on this version... the drums are more prominent as are the rest of the instruments...and the vocals are just a lil bit edgier.

    THANKS!!

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