My roommate says this song sounds like as if James Taylor wrote Free Bird.
On a side note, I actually wrote My Back’s Completely Broken before Gained Perspective.
“Grief is the price we pay for love” is in fact a quote from Queen Elizabeth II, but I heard it fi rst on the Savage Love podcast.
The picking style is similar to that used on I Will Follow You Into The Dark.
These are all true facts about this song.
lyrics
Let me tell you now about how I broke my back
My life forever changed
It happened kind of suddenly as things tend to in a crash
Not a lot of pain
They rushed me to the hospital, doctors x-rayed my bones
Said I broke the middle of my frame
And laying in that bed people around me yet alone
I thought of things I'd never do again
I heard it was the queen who said, "Grief's the price we pay for love"
And sometimes things will break if they can't bend
I knew it was my back I'd hurt, but my heart was broken then
A tear rolled down my cheek and to the bed
Still I was alive, I had my family and my friends
A smile there began
Sure there are things that I have lost, but there are also things I've gained
And accidents are hard to comprehend
But ain't perspective worth it in the end
credits
from From Deepest Depths To Highest Heights,
released February 20, 2015
Harmony - Celeigh Cardinal
Melody and acoustic guitar - Reuben Anderson
Drums and percussion - Matt Blackie
Bass viol (partially bowed even!) - Thom Golub
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