the Haunting

from Still Motion by David Rowan

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in 1984, I had a wonderful cat called Bilbo. We were exceptionally close and one autumn day it looked as if financial hard times might mean I'd have to say goodbye to her ...

I was distraught; my whole family had gone and Bilbo was the only closeness I had in life.

How could I say goodbye ?

What would she think, if I abandoned her ?

Is this very close affectional bond only viable because of money ... ?

I managed to sort it all out, but that night, when I was wrestling with the decision, I picked up the guitar and a line came into my head. Within a few minutes a song had emerged about a fictional couple parting and the agony of trying to become free without leaving ...

People have said they can relate to this - it started out as a heavy weight of guilt for a cat ... :)

lyrics, music and production: David Rowan. August 2010 ... more

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in 1984, I had a wonderful cat called Bilbo. We were exceptionally close and one autumn day it looked as if financial hard times might mean I'd have to say goodbye to her ...

I was distraught; my whole family had gone and Bilbo was the only closeness I had in life.

How could I say goodbye ?

What would she think, if I abandoned her ?

Is this very close affectional bond only viable because of money ... ?

I managed to sort it all out, but that night, when I was wrestling with the decision, I picked up the guitar and a line came into my head. Within a few minutes a song had emerged about a fictional couple parting and the agony of trying to become free without leaving ...

People have said they can relate to this - it started out as a heavy weight of guilt for a cat ... :)

lyrics, music and production: David Rowan. August 2010

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The Haunting

How can I walk away ?
How can I just say goodbye ?
Your laughter still rings from pictures in cold empty rooms

What can I say when you cry ?
You tell me you love me
Plead me to stay

Your face haunts my mind
A price for the guilty to pay

Love is blind
Yet changes its colours
Seasoned in time ...

If love comes to fall
Still hearts touch above
Deep inside me
Forever,
the haunting of love

What does 'destiny' mean ?
It brings us so close
Tears us apart

It's always the wrong time to tell you
'I must break your heart'

I live for your love
But no day is ever the same
Love moves the strong
So how can the weak be to blame ?

Love is blind
Yet changes its colours
Seasoned in time ...

If love comes to fall
Still hearts touch above
Deep inside me
Forever,
the haunting of love

© David Rowan 1986

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from Still Motion, released February 18, 2011
Music, lyrics, recording and production: David Rowan

Inspiration: Bilbo ...

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David Rowan Wiltshire, UK

Astrologer, Musician, Psycho-Social researcher, MAP master practitioner and trainer, Stonehenge historian & archeoastrronomy guide, Writer, Cook - MA & Msc

davidrowan.co.uk

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