At first one wants to laugh, it’s like, wait what? Then he starts singing, and it’s, I guess he’s really gonna go through with this? And then, THAT VOICE! And as tacky as the idea is of covering this one, I’m suddenly being moved and swept away, and no, it’s not because of the panpipes!
‘
Away, I’d like to fly away
Just like a swan who’s been and gone
A man who’s trapped here on the ground
He gives the earth
a sorrowful sound
a sorrowful sound.’
Edit: in the set list print out when this song was played, instead of its
proper title, he used the lyric ‘i’d rather be a hammer than a nail’ as it’s title. So maybe, at that moment at least, this line may have been what spoke the most strongly to him, or he just preferred it over it’s right title.
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Btw, I think this song would have been nice if sandwiched somewhere on World Peace.