Damien Rice, for those of you who don't know is an awesome lyricist and acoustic guitar player. This particular song has added cello which really makes it ultra-romantic in my personal opinion. It seems like the song you would sing to someone if you were proposing marriage or something with a tuxedo on, and a hired cellist in the background... that is, in the completely non-Nick Lachey, 98 degrees way.
The slow tempo is almost like walking, and the emphasis on the meter really makes it that way, even though its such a slow tempo, its really rhythmic probably to help synch up Rice and the cello player.
The middle section has this kind of swimming feel to it with the cello and guitar kind of meshing eighth notes that all just blend together in a dreamy way.
My favorite thing about the song has to be the added cello and the dialogue that happens often with the lyrics and the cello, as if its the girl he is singing to almost.
And so it is
Just like you said it would be
Life goes easy on me
Most of the time
And so it is
The shorter story
No love, no glory
No hero in her sky
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off of you
Ican't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...And so it is
Just like you said it should be
We'll both forget the breeze
Most of the time
And so it is
The colder water
The blower's daughter
The pupil in denial
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...Did I say that I loathe you?
Did I say that I want to
Leave it all behind?
I can't take my mind off of you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off of you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind...My mind...my mind...'Til I find somebody new
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