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Bruce Cockburn — Closer to the Light
Album: Dart To The Heart
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Released: 1994
Length: 4:03
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There you go
Swimming deeper into mystery
Here I remain
Only seeing where you used to be
Stared at the ceiling
'Til my ears filled up with tears
Never got to know you
Suddenly you're out of here

Gone from mystery into mystery
Gone from daylight into night
Another step deeper into darkness
Closer to the light

Walked outside
Summer moon was nearly down
Mist on the fields
Holy stillness all around
Death's no stranger
No stranger than the life I've seen
Still I cry
Still I begged to get you back again

Gone from mystery into mystery
Gone from daylight into night
Another step deeper into darkness
Closer to the light
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This song always, always makes me cry. I do so love it. 
Posted 1 year ago by Antigone    [ Reply ]
Is there trouble in Paradise today? The run of sad songs -- songs of loss & separation -- have been proliferating for the past few hours. Hope everything's ok, or that it'll get better soon. 
Posted 1 year ago by moto848    [ Reply ]
 tucorides wrote:

That's our (Canada's) Bruce... sometimes just these gentle ones that mean so much. I'd say this is a pretty Deep Cut as well ...  not sure I've heard this song anywhere else except when I play this CD on the kitchen stereo.



I thought this was Gordon Lightfoot 
Posted 2 years ago by rbrise    [ Reply ]
 tucorides wrote:

That's our (Canada's) Bruce... sometimes just these gentle ones that mean so much. I'd say this is a pretty Deep Cut as well ...  not sure I've heard this song anywhere else except when I play this CD on the kitchen stereo.


First time I've heard this cut, and it's a straight 8 for me, he does the "gentle" tunes really well.  LLRP!!
Posted 2 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 sharkey wrote:


What is a tab sheet?



https://www.8notes.com/guitar_...
Posted 2 years ago by OhCanada67    [ Reply ]
wow - pure magic - brilliant
Posted 2 years ago by saellig668552    [ Reply ]
That's our (Canada's) Bruce... sometimes just these gentle ones that mean so much. I'd say this is a pretty Deep Cut as well ...  not sure I've heard this song anywhere else except when I play this CD on the kitchen stereo.
Posted 3 years ago by tucorides    [ Reply ]
 talabao wrote:

lovely song, I just discover Bruce Cockburn with pleasure.

would anyone have the tab sheet  of this one? thx




What is a tab sheet?
Posted 3 years ago by sharkey    [ Reply ]
Bruce wrote this as a tribute to Mark Heard - an obscure but amazing musician and song writer.
Posted 11 years ago by enordberg    [ Reply ]
I miss you all so much.
Posted 11 years ago by Antigone    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
I really love this song. It always make me (and others, I've noticed from the comments) remember lost loved ones.  Beautiful, poignant lyrics. {#Sunny}
  

 pianocomposer wrote:

Goodbye Grandpa Sandy. Goodbye Jim Dove. Miss you, Glen. You too, Bruce. 
 
Goodbye to Cynaera as well. Glad she got to hear this first.
Posted 12 years ago by djengs    [ Reply ]
 pinem wrote:
Amazing contrast with some listeners. Cockburn is one of the best kept secrets in music, and much better than Lightfoot IMO.
 
Agreed
Posted 12 years ago by Ouachita    [ Reply ]

lovely song, I just discover Bruce Cockburn with pleasure.

would anyone have the tab sheet  of this one? thx


Posted 12 years ago by talabao    [ Reply ]
 peter_james_bond wrote:

There you go
Swimming deeper into mystery
Here I remain
Only seeing where you used to be
Stared at the ceiling
'Til my ears filled up with tears
Never got to know you
Suddenly you're out of here

 (CHORUS:)
Gone from mystery into mystery
Gone from daylight into night
Another step deeper into darkness
Closer to the light

 Walked outside
Summer moon was nearly down
Mist on the fields
Holy stillness all around
Death's no stranger
No stranger than the life I've seen
Still I cry
Still I begged to get you back again
  Never heard this before. Found the lyrics while the song was still playing, and then cried like a baby. Shit! Just too much death has crossed my path over the last few years. Thanks Bruce, and Peter James Bond. I needed that.


Posted 12 years ago by meinthecorner    [ Reply ]
This song always breaks my heart ...


Posted 12 years ago by Antigone    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
I really love this song. It always make me (and others, I've noticed from the comments) remember lost loved ones.  Beautiful, poignant lyrics. {#Sunny}
 
There you go
Swimming deeper into mystery
Here I remain
Only seeing where you used to be
Stared at the ceiling
'Til my ears filled up with tears
Never got to know you
Suddenly you're out of here

 (CHORUS:)
Gone from mystery into mystery
Gone from daylight into night
Another step deeper into darkness
Closer to the light

 Walked outside
Summer moon was nearly down
Mist on the fields
Holy stillness all around
Death's no stranger
No stranger than the life I've seen
Still I cry
Still I begged to get you back again

Posted 12 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
I really love this song. It always make me (and others, I've noticed from the comments) remember lost loved ones.  Beautiful, poignant lyrics. {#Sunny}
 
Goodbye Grandpa Sandy. Goodbye Jim Dove. Miss you, Glen. You too, Bruce. 
Posted 12 years ago by pianocomposer    [ Reply ]
I miss you so much, Victoria Jo.


Posted 13 years ago by Antigone    [ Reply ]
 6-Jags wrote:
And today it brings up thoughts of the people of japan who have lost so many loved ones.
 
Exactly.  {#Idea}
Posted 13 years ago by muzik    [ Reply ]
And today it brings up thoughts of the people of japan who have lost so many loved ones.
Posted 13 years ago by 6-Jags    [ Reply ]
My goodness Bill... I hope you have not experienced a loss today.  These two songs in a row are on my list of the saddest (but poingant) songs of all times.   Guess right now we have a universal loss....bless the folks in Japan
Posted 13 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
Several songs this afternoon that make me think of and miss my very dearest friend, Debbie.  I long to learn there is an afterlife so I may see her again someday.
Posted 13 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
Timely today.
RIP Danny.

Posted 14 years ago by Kite_Flyer    [ Reply ]
I really love this song. It always make me (and others, I've noticed from the comments) remember lost loved ones.  Beautiful, poignant lyrics. {#Sunny}
Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
 rjewyo wrote:
A Gordon Lightfoot prodigy?  Very nice....{#Yes}
 
more like contemporary

Posted 14 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
A Gordon Lightfoot prodigy?  Very nice....{#Yes}
Posted 14 years ago by rjewyo    [ Reply ]
 jkoopman wrote:
makes me cry almost every time I hear it . . . in a good way
 
Me too.

Posted 14 years ago by Antigone    [ Reply ]
Like most of you, this old favorite gives me pause to remember those who have passed. pax vobiscum.

Posted 14 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
death's no stranger....no stranger than the life I've seen..........amazing lyrics
Posted 14 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
makes me cry almost every time I hear it . . . in a good way
Posted 14 years ago by jkoopman    [ Reply ]
Right up there with Patti's Goodbye
Posted 14 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
 stewliscious wrote:
Yes Bruce, your cock burns if you put it closer to the light.
 
You must have stayed up all night thinking that one up.
Posted 15 years ago by martinc    [ Reply ]
good timing, goodbye David, Michael and Farrah
Posted 15 years ago by inmanart    [ Reply ]
Amazing contrast with some listeners. Cockburn is one of the best kept secrets in music, and much better than Lightfoot IMO.
Posted 15 years ago by pinem    [ Reply ]
Must admit - Cockburn songs all start at 7 and only go up for me.  Oops - my bias is showing.
Posted 15 years ago by ejsamuel    [ Reply ]
Yes Bruce, your cock burns if you put it closer to the light.
Posted 15 years ago by stewliscious    [ Reply ]
Gordon Lightfoot or simply English-Canadian folk-rock?
Posted 15 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
Definite G. Lightfoot vibe going on.
Posted 15 years ago by etcarroll    [ Reply ]

Nice follow-up from George Harrison's My Sweet Lord

Hadn't heard this Cockburn song.  Decent.



Posted 15 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
I have revisited this CD because of BillG, and it's really excellent. And this song just makes me
Posted 16 years ago by Antigone    [ Reply ]
sainzfan wrote:
Sounds a lot like Gordon Lightfoot (which isn't at all bad) I like it.
...was just thinking the very same thing....
Posted 16 years ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
His voice sounds sooooo good on this track. Very soothing.
Posted 16 years ago by Antigone    [ Reply ]
The guitar work is so crisp. The song just mellows me out. Very nice listen.
Posted 16 years ago by Ericac    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of the new album by Bruce Springsteen, title track.
Posted 16 years ago by Odyzzeuz    [ Reply ]
Bruce notches another one.
Posted 16 years ago by Inamorato    [ Reply ]
Wonderful playing and vocals. Nice comparison to the other Bruce!
Posted 16 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
Sounds a lot like Gordon Lightfoot (which isn't at all bad) I like it.
Posted 16 years ago by sainzfan    [ Reply ]
i believe this was a song dedicated to his friend and fellow musician Mark Heard...
Posted 16 years ago by curtsusu    [ Reply ]
Tops!
Posted 17 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
Why this one? For me, this is just one song of nearly 40 years worth of brilliant music-making from BC. ChardRemains wrote:
might be the first Cockburn song I've ever liked.
Posted 17 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
"You can take the wisdom of this world and give it to the ones who think it all ends here" -- BC 1980 Really fine tune, I have that album and apparently haven't played it enough recently! Now I have two songs I need to force my wife to play at my funeral, that one and "The Gift" off "Big Circumstance".
Posted 17 years ago by SmileOnADog    [ Reply ]
ProfessorFrink wrote:
This song is decent, but "If I Had A Rocket Launcher" is better. <"If I had a rocket launcher ... some son of a bitch would die." Who couldn't relate to that?>
That would be Bill and Rebecca who rejected my upload of the acoustic version years ago because they don't care for the lyrics
Posted 17 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
ChardRemains wrote:
might be the first Cockburn song I've ever liked.
This song is decent, but "If I Had A Rocket Launcher" is better. <"If I had a rocket launcher ... some son of a bitch would die." Who couldn't relate to that?>
Posted 17 years ago by ProfessorFrink    [ Reply ]
might be the first Cockburn song I've ever liked.
Posted 17 years ago by ChardRemains    [ Reply ]
pushkinjim wrote:
Love this song! Good album too.
me too!
Posted 17 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
Love this song! Good album too.
Posted 17 years ago by pushkinjim    [ Reply ]
Xeric wrote:
Beautiful song. Gone from mystery into mystery Gone from daylight into night Another step deeper Into darkness Closer to the light I want it played at my funeral.
That's what I was thinking too... Most beautiful lyrics out of Cockburn's extensive repertoire IMHO. Another gem of his in the "melancholic" genre is "Festival of Friends" about some people he knew who lost a baby to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
Posted 18 years ago by NewHorizons    [ Reply ]
Beautiful song. Gone from mystery into mystery Gone from daylight into night Another step deeper Into darkness Closer to the light I want it played at my funeral.
Posted 18 years ago by Xeric    [ Reply ]
maybe the bow will backfire..
Posted 18 years ago by ndfan75    [ Reply ]
BORING SONG.
Posted 18 years ago by 15danielp    [ Reply ]