Will You Smile Again?

I've started listening to this gem of a tune again by "And You Will Know Us From The Trail Of Dead" and think it is my favorite song of the past year. It always reminds me of Nick and Sara's relationship and God knows, there are some problems there. I hope you kids work it out.

This song reminds me of epic progressive (prog rock) recordings in the past, i.e. Rush and Genesis. It starts off mellow and becomes very solid with an awesome drum beat. Then it sounds like (to me) a cello following in the background. It is beautiful.

Here are the lyrics I took from their website http://www.trailofdead.com:

Close the door and drift away
Into a sea of uncertainty
Where all your hopes and dreams
Have faded out of reach.

Remember all the bad dreams
Are not far from reality
Would you write again for me?

(let me whisper something in your ear)

And you awake and there you are
Not far off from the line before
And just how long did it take for you to understand
Where your feelings stopped and writing began
Convince yourself to take control
Play to the hilt this unlikely role.

Remember all the bad dreams
Are not far from reality
Will you write again for me?
And who bade you stop this living art?
Have you forgotten just what you are?
If you don't want to then you could at least pretend
That the paper's your soul and your blood's in the pen
And maybe then you'd see the light
And read the truth that you had to write.

If heaven sent you downstream
Where banished eyes haven't been
Would you smile again for me?
You misread your fate line
Had long run out of time
Would you write again for me?

And you awake and there you are
Not far off from the line before
And just how long did it take for you to understand
Where your feelings stopped and writing began
Convince yourself to take control
Play to the hilt this unlikely role.

If heaven sent you downstream
Where banished eyes haven't been
Would you smile again for me?