A Rodgers and Hammerstein song from South Pacific (1949), where the French planter Emile de Becque sings it; here a slow waltz on Triplicate.
The words
A man mourns a love he held almost in his hands before it slipped away.
Written for a character who believes he has lost the woman he loves, the song is a lament for something that was close enough to touch and is now out of reach. It is a sweeping waltz in its stage form, full of grand longing. Dylan pares it down, with pedal steel and brushed rhythm under his voice, so the regret sounds private and late rather than operatic.
Words by Oscar Hammerstein II
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The words
A man mourns a love he held almost in his hands before it slipped away.
Written for a character who believes he has lost the woman he loves, the song is a lament for something that was close enough to touch and is now out of reach. It is a sweeping waltz in its stage form, full of grand longing. Dylan pares it down, with pedal steel and brushed rhythm under his voice, so the regret sounds private and late rather than operatic.
Words by Oscar Hammerstein II
Lyrics on Lyrics.com ↗The same year · 2017
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