"My Love, Departed" began as an instrumental piece that I wrote in early 2010. When Andy Brown and were working on the musical "Elizabethtown" last year, he decided to write lyrics for the instrumental piece and add it to the show, thus creating this song. It is the next to last song of the musical and is performed by two of the shows male characters- after both have just experienced great loss.
The artwork featured in the video is by acclaimed songwriter, author, and poet Leonard Cohen. You can view (and purchase) prints of these works and more by Mr. Cohen at this link:
http://www.hambletongalleries.com/dynamic/artists/Leonard_Cohen_CC_GOQ.asp
Andy's lyrics to the song are below.
"MY LOVED DEPARTED"
WHY NOT BLOT OUT THE SUN?
WHY TURN THE NIGHT TO DAY
WHEN THE ONE I HAVE KNOWN FROM
THE TIME I LEARNED
HOW TO LOVE
WENT AWAY?
WHY TAKE ANOTHER BREATH?
WHY TAKE ANOTHER'S LIFE
WHEN THE PAIN THAT IT CAUSES
CAN CUT YOU IN TWO
LIKE A KNIFE?
MY LOVE, DEPARTED,
MY HEART YEARNS FOR YOU.
AND I WILL TRY TO GO ON
THOUGH I DON'T WANT TO.
MY LOVE, DEPARTED,
I WOULD STOP THE WORLD AND THEN
I‟D BUILD IT AGAIN
WITH YOU BESIDE ME...
GOD, GRANT HER TO YOUR CARE.
GOD, PLEASE SAGEGUARD HER SOUL.
THOUGH I THOUGHT I WAS FAR FROM
THE SAVIOR'S GRACE,
THROUGH HER LOVE,
I WAS WHOLE.
GOD, MAKE YOUR JUDGMENT SWIFT.
GOD, GUIDE ME THROUGH THIS FIGHT.
MAY THE GUILTY BE PUNISHED.
JUST STRIKE THEM DOWN WITH
ALL YOUR MIGHT.
MY LOVE, DEPARTED,
MY HEART YEARNS FOR YOU.
AND I WILL TRY TO GO ON
THOUGH I DON'T WANT TO.
MY LOVE, DEPARTED,
I WOULD STOP THE WORLD AND THEN
I‟D BUILD IT AGAIN
WITH YOU BESIDE ME STILL.
(Music and Lyrics Copyright 2012 Spraggins and Brown)
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