Brave Records: Listen

Apple

(Lisa Bastoni)

2005-02-01

Taken from "Gather Round." Engineered by Lisa Bastoni at Whole World Music, Somerville, MA, mixed by Rob Ignazio. Guitars, vocals: Lisa Bastoni. Upright bass: Josh Kantor.

"What a beautiful day," he said, pointing to the fireplace. Sometimes our eyes connect, sometimes I believe he can see the outline of my sad face. But his artist's eyes have grown clouded and blind. His generous heart grown weak. My mother calls and says he is gone and I am broken. In the quiet I sing 'cause I can't yet speak.

Fare thee well, time will tell. If I can eat the whole apple, suck the marrow from the chicken bone, and pick up your love, if I can make that love be alive, and turn that love into my own, I'm not alone. I'm not alone.

In the paper it said "An intuitive engineer is survived by his beloved wife..." My brave grandmother drove to the church with the details of his life. From the navy to the painting school to the love that has no end. And all I can say is he saved my life by being my best friend.

I saw him in the airport lounge. His red hand touched my knee. Sweet angel, he carried me home and he spoke to me.

He said, "Fare thee well, time will tell. You can eat the whole apple, suck the marrow from the chicken bone. You can pick up my love. You can make that love be alive, and turn that love into your own, You're not alone. You're not alone."

Well did I thank you for your stories, for the paintbrush, the guitar? Did you know that you'd leave such an empty space? Did you know it would be so hard when you left me with the strength to console myself, and the faith to carry on? "Change is constant," you said, "even a midnight of misery is followed by a very clear and brilliant dawn."

Fare thee well, time will tell. I'm gonna eat the whole apple, suck the marrow from the chicken bone, I'm gonna pick up your love, I'm gonna make that love be alive, and turn that love into my own, I'm not alone. I'm not alone.