Weeping Willow
The Verve Lyrics
When morning breaks
We hide our eyes and our lungs aching
Nothing's strange
It was in our hands from six to ten
It slipped right out again
There'll be no better time
There'll be no better way
There'll be no better day to save me
Save me
Yeah, save me
I hope you see like I see
I hope you see what I see, yeah yeah
I hope you feel like I feel
And the world don't stop
There is no time for cracking up
Believe me, friend
'Cause when freedom comes
I'll be long gone
You know it has to end
There'll be no better time
There'll be no better way
There'll be no better day to save me
Yeah, save me
Yeah, save me
Yeah, save me
I hope you see like I see, yeah yeah
I hope you feel what I feel, yeah yeah
Someone to stand beside me
(Beside me, beside me)
(Beside me, beside me)
(Beside me, beside me)
(Beside me, beside me)
(Beside me, beside me)
(Beside me, beside me)
(Beside me, beside me)
Weeping willow
The pills under my pillow
Weeping willow
The pills under your pillow
Weeping willow
The gun under under your pillow
Weeping willow
Weeping willow
(Beside me, beside me)
(Beside me, beside me)
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Richard Paul Ashcroft
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This song illustrates the singer's battle with depression and thoughts of suicide. This is a battle The Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft has known all too well, as he is a clinically diagnosed manic depressant who has battled with depression, drug addictions, and thoughts of suicide since the late '90s.
Ashcroft married Kate Radley from the band Spiritualized in 1995 - she's likely the inspiration for lines like:
"I hope you feel like I feel
Someone to stand beside me" Read Full BioThis song illustrates the singer's battle with depression and thoughts of suicide. This is a battle The Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft has known all too well, as he is a clinically diagnosed manic depressant who has battled with depression, drug addictions, and thoughts of suicide since the late '90s.
Ashcroft married Kate Radley from the band Spiritualized in 1995 - she's likely the inspiration for lines like:
"I hope you feel like I feel
Someone to stand beside me"
In his songs, Ashcroft has often expressed a desire for intimate understanding, with Radley in mind. It's what he calls a "positive love ambition."
"Urban Hymns" was conceived as a Richard Ashcroft solo album, as The Verve had broken up. As it moved forward, Ashcroft enlisted help from this former bandmates, and it ended up becoming a Verve album and re-forming the band. The album became one of the biggest in the history of their native UK, but in America, only the single "Bitter Sweet Symphony" had much impact. The band broke up again in 1999, got back together to release another album in 2008, then split up again soon after.
Ashcroft married Kate Radley from the band Spiritualized in 1995 - she's likely the inspiration for lines like:
"I hope you feel like I feel
Someone to stand beside me" Read Full BioThis song illustrates the singer's battle with depression and thoughts of suicide. This is a battle The Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft has known all too well, as he is a clinically diagnosed manic depressant who has battled with depression, drug addictions, and thoughts of suicide since the late '90s.
Ashcroft married Kate Radley from the band Spiritualized in 1995 - she's likely the inspiration for lines like:
"I hope you feel like I feel
Someone to stand beside me"
In his songs, Ashcroft has often expressed a desire for intimate understanding, with Radley in mind. It's what he calls a "positive love ambition."
"Urban Hymns" was conceived as a Richard Ashcroft solo album, as The Verve had broken up. As it moved forward, Ashcroft enlisted help from this former bandmates, and it ended up becoming a Verve album and re-forming the band. The album became one of the biggest in the history of their native UK, but in America, only the single "Bitter Sweet Symphony" had much impact. The band broke up again in 1999, got back together to release another album in 2008, then split up again soon after.
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Mailey Verdusco
When morning breaks
We hide our eyes and our lungs aching
Nothing strange
It was in our hands from six to ten
It slipped right out again
There'll be no better time
There'll be no better way
There'll be no better day to save me
Save me
Yeah, save me
Yeah, save me
I hope you see like I see, oh, oh
I hope you see what I see, yeah, yeah
I hope you feel like I feel, yeah
And the world don't stop
There is no time for cracking up
Believe me friend
'Cause when freedom comes
I'll be long gone
You know it has to end
There'll be no better time
There'll be no better way
There'll be no better day to save me
Yeah, save me
Yeah, save me
Yeah, save me
I hope you see like I see, yeah, yeah
I hope you feel what I feel, yeah, yeah
Someone to stand beside me
Beside me
Beside me, now is not the time to cry
Beside me
Beside me
Whether you see or whether you don't, beside me
Whether you feel or whether you won't, beside me
Whether you see or whether you don't, beside me
Whether you feel or whether you won't, beside me
Whether you see or whether you won't, beside me
Whether you feel beside me
I hope you see like I see beside me
I hope you feel what I feel beside me
I hope you see like I see beside me
I hope you feel what I feel beside me
Weeping willow
The pills under my pillow
Weeping willow
The pills under my pillow
Weeping willow
The gun under your pillow
Weeping willow
Weeping willow
I got to learn to leave the pain
Walk through the door and kiss the rain beside me, beside me
I got to learn to leave the pain
Walk through the door and kiss the rain beside me, beside me
MichelleAntonia
I honestly feel so sorry for anyone who is too young to have experienced the 90's. There will never be a time as artistically rich and intense, with true and important artists, and music like this. I thank God that my teen years were squarely within the 90's.
zemthunder
I agree...even missing 80's like queen etc is such a shame as you will never find ACTUALLY GOOD SINGERS like from in the 80's-90s ever again it's sad really
Aqua Escape
25 years old in Summer 98’ sitting outside with a beer and friends with Urban Hymns playing, little did I know that this music would forever live in my heart.
veronica
@Mr Smith’s World errr I'm single. Guess I never found someone who.see's like I do...etc I'm fine I just tune into good music & get lost in it 👍👌😊
Mr Smith’s World
Yes!!! Few hash spliffs. I tell you the lyrics now scarily relate to the pandemic, but fk that dawg it’s the 90’s baby!!! Love you man ✌🏻✌🏻🍷🏴
flowerdew77
I was 21 in '98 - those were the days ❤️🔥❤️🔥
Ian G.
Same I agree 💯👍. Great memories.🙏🏴
Steve Geiger
Same. But 18.
Jorge Sasson
this is the most underrated song of all time.
veronica
@craig mcfarlane pure honest melody