Her sound ranges from traditional folk ballads of the british isles to acoustic and electronica, from the musings of long lost love and insomnia to the poetry of Brian Patten and armenian war poet Siamant'o. Organic and electronic music usually blend in her albums in a distinctive, eclectic sound.
Caroline recently founded her personal label Ringing Tree, under which her latest album and a new arrangement of her second album (including three bonus tracks) called Brilliant Midnight 2.0 were produced.
Next to being a solo-artist Caroline played the cello on tours and/or albums by Loreena McKennitt, Radiohead, The Chieftains, to name a few. She also performed as a vocalist on the albums of Hector Zazou (The Freeze, Lies Will Flow), BT (The Great Escape), Art of Trance (Breathe), and others.
She currently lives and works in the south of England and works on a forthcoming album.
Too Late
Caroline Lavelle Lyrics
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You'd spoken truth on upper street:
I was your soul & you were mine
But the fire was too hot for you & you took your burned hand away
& gave it to an ordinary love to soothe it every day
And now you come to me too late too late
And now you come to me too late
Where there were no barriers you've grown up ghosts between us now
They hunt my courage down
And now you come to me too late
You sold your lovely soul
While I never found the one who had the currency for mine
And now you come to me too late
In Caroline Lavelle's song "Too Late," the lyrics speak of a lost love who has come back to the singer too late. The first verse sets the tone of the song, with the singer stating that the lost love could not forget them even if they tried. However, the second line hints at the truth they had spoken on upper street, where the singer was the lost love's soul, and vice versa. The following line reveals that the fire between the two was too hot for the lost love, causing them to take their burned hand away and give it to an ordinary love to soothe it every day.
The chorus repeats the line "And now you come to me too late," emphasizing the point that the lost love has missed their chance to be with the singer. The second verse adds to the theme, with the singer stating that there were once no barriers between them, but the lost love has now created ghosts that separate them. These ghosts have cold fingers that pull the singer back and hunt their courage down.
The final lines of the song contrast the singer's experience with the lost love's, with the lost love having sold their lovely soul to an ordinary love, while the singer was never able to find someone who had the "currency" for their soul. The song ends with the lost love coming back to the singer, but it is now too late.
Line by Line Meaning
I knew you could not forget me, couldn't if you tried
I was confident that you could not forget about me, even if you made a considerable effort.
You'd spoken truth on upper street: I was your soul & you were mine
In the past, you expressed how I completed you, and you completed me, and we were meant to be together.
But the fire was too hot for you & you took your burned hand away & gave it to an ordinary love to soothe it everyday
However, when the relationship got too intense for you, you left and settled for someone ordinary who could offer you a mundane type of love.
And now you come to me too late too late
Now that you realize your mistake of leaving me, it's too late for us to rekindle what we once had.
Where there were no barriers you've grown up ghosts between us now
When we were together, there were no obstacles; however, now that we've grown apart, unspoken issues have created a gap that's hard to bridge.
Their cold fingers pull me back, They hunt my courage down
These unspoken issues, the ghosts, consume me and hinder my efforts to move past the relationship, leaving me feeling weak and fearful.
You sold your lovely soul
You betrayed our connection and committed to someone else's inferior love, selling your soul in the process.
While I never found the one who had the currency for mine
I, on the other hand, never found anyone who could match the value of my affection and commitment.
And now you come to me too late
Even though you now realize your mistake and want to be with me, it's too late, and I've moved on.
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