Once upon a time I sat with my husband and some of his friends in a packed bar listening to a couple called Over the Rhine intermingle their music with the cigarette fog in the air.
Once upon another time I sat in a little 2-story coffee shop, the upper story being more balcony than floor, and I listened to this same Over the Rhine, the woman tossing me in the waves of her vocal ocean and the man pulling my heart strings in and out and in and out with the motions of his accordion.
Once upon yet another time I reunited with a band called Over the Rhine and I let them play their random selections on Pandora as I soaked a tired body in hot water by candlelight.
And when the lyrics shown above fogged up my mirror with their truth and mystery, I pushed a soggy wrinkled finger onto the image of a thumbs-up icon on my iPhone screen, because I wanted to remember to return to these lyrics on a later date (that date is today) so they could “Remind Us.”
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Oh they are a personal fave.
Fav?
Fave?
(However the cool kids are spelling it these days.)
I have you to thank for my re-uniting with them.
oh yes. my fave is “when i go”….
except for this confession
that is poised on my lips
i’m not letting go of God
I’m just losing my grip…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQQbn682k9o
wow, what lyrics. you knew i would love these.
My personaly favorite as well. I fell in love with them back in high school, and my wife and I have seen them…7 times I think? I lose count. They are amazing.
beautiful..and i’m listening to over the rhine for the first time. i see where you are coming from.