http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7H8WY6cqEE This is all about the sadness of losing touch with someone who previously occupied your every moment - but still being mentally locked into to every minute you spent with them and the moment when 'goodbye' is said loud and clear, but you can't say goodbye, it's too soon, so you hear the 'adieu' instead. If you've not listened to Lou Doillon before then you should, and immediately despite being the daughter of such a renowned raconteur as Jane Birkin of Je t'aime fame, she seems to be one of France's best kept secrets. Taking on the torch song tradition, this is bargaining of a different kind - the wondering whether someone who's touched you so profoundly has been equally affected by the impact you've had on them. That seems to be an eternally unanswered question in songs of the heart when love breaks down communication stops, because it has to but that doesn't stop the longing - "And of course I wonder - does it happen to you? Does my ghost ever come looking for you?" But this isn't unremitting misery, despite the fact that she's haunted by her lost love, the song ends with the admission that this is what makes life worth living experience making it all worth it, even if wasn't for keeps - "I'm glad you came though my life and put your stain on me". This is a song to be sought out if you've ever wondered whether a love was worth it a lot of the time the answer is a simple one. Yes, it was.
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