Scott Walker (Noel Scott Engel, January 9, 1943 - March 22, 2019) was an Am… Read Full Bio ↴Scott Walker (Noel Scott Engel, January 9, 1943 - March 22, 2019) was an American-born singer-songwriter, composer and record producer. He is noted for his distinctive baritone voice and for the unorthodox career path which took him from 1960s pop icon to 21st century avant-garde musician.

Originally coming to fame in the mid-1960s singing orchestral pop ballads as the frontman of The Walker Brothers, Walker went on to a solo career balancing a light entertainment/MOR ballad approach with increasing artistic innovations in arrangement and writing. Despite a series of acclaimed albums, a disastrous drop in sales forced him back into straight Middle of the road recordings with little of his own artistic input. This in turn eventually led to a Walker Brothers reunion in the mid-1970s (although the latter eventually moved, by mutual consent, into more avant-garde areas).

From the mid-1980s, Walker revived his solo career while drastically reinventing his artistic and compositional methods, via a series of acclaimed and vividly avant-garde albums. These combined his iconic voice with an unsettling avant-garde approach which owed more to modernist and post-modernist classical composition than to his pop singer past. This change in approach has been compared to "Andy Williams reinventing himself as Stockhausen".

Walker has been a continuing influence on other artists, in particular The Last Shadow Puppets, Marc Almond, Goldfrapp, Douglas Pearce of the band Death in June, Billy MacKenzie of The Associates, David Sylvian, Julian Cope, Antony Hegarty, Thom Yorke, Steven Wilson, David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, Trey Spruance, Perry Blake, Radiohead, Noah Lennox, Mikael Åkerfeldt, and the Divine Comedy/Neil Hannon.

Walker continued to release solo material until his death, and was signed to 4AD Records. As a record producer or guest performer he worked with a number of artists including Pulp, Ute Lemper, Bat For Lashes and Sunn O))).

Easy Come Easy Go
Scott Walker Lyrics

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Easy come, easy go
That's the way if love must have its stay
Then ours, it came-
Let it go

No remorse, no regret
We should part exactly as we met
Just easy come, easy go

We never dreamt of romantic dangers
Now that it ends- let's be friends
And not two strangers

Easy come, easy go

Here we are, so darling: au revoir
Easy come, easy go

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Scott Walker's song "Easy come, easy go" capture the essence of a relationship that has come to an end. The first line of the song "easy come, easy go" summarizes the fragile nature of love that can dissolve as easily as it arrives. The words "That's the way if love must have its stay" acknowledge that there is an unpredictable quality to love, and it can be hard to hold on to.

The second line of the song "Then ours, it came- Let it go" expresses a sense of acceptance that what was once the foundation of the relationship is now over. The third and fourth lines "No remorse, no regret We should part exactly as we met" highlight the importance of ending things without any hard feelings. The final line "Just easy come, easy go" reiterates the idea that sometimes relationships are just not meant to last.

The following line "We never dreamt of romantic dangers" acknowledges that the relationship was once a source of happiness and security. However, as it ends, the focus shifts towards healing and moving forward. The line "Now that it ends- let's be friends And not two strangers" represents a moment of agreement between the two former lovers. The song concludes with the chorus repeating the phrase "easy come, easy go" reminding listeners of the transience of love.

Line by Line Meaning

Easy come, easy go
Love comes and goes just as easily

That's the way if love must have its stay
Love is fickle and unpredictable

Then ours, it came- Let it go
Our love was fleeting and it's time to move on

No remorse, no regret
We shouldn't feel guilty or upset about ending things

We should part exactly as we met
We should end things without any drama or complications

Just easy come, easy go
Our relationship was short-lived and we should accept that fact

We never dreamt of romantic dangers
We didn't anticipate any problems in our relationship

Now that it ends- let's be friends
We should stay on good terms despite ending the romantic aspect of our relationship

And not two strangers
We should maintain a positive connection with each other

Here we are, so darling: au revoir
We've reached the end of our relationship, goodbye my love

Easy come, easy go
Our relationship was fleeting and it's time to accept that fact and move on