Down Like Silver — Wolves
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When I die, let me go.
When I die, let the wolves enjoy my bones.
When I die, let me go.
When I die, you can push me out to sea.
When I die, set me free.
When I die, let the sharks come round to feed.
When I die, set me free.
Oh the world is dark, and I've looked as far as I can see.
When the years have torn me apart, let me be.
When I die, let the flames devour me.
When I die, set me free.
When I die, throw my ashes to the breeze.
When I die, scuttle me.
Whole world is dark, and I've looked as far as I can see.
When the years have torn me apart
Let me be, let me be, let me be, let me be
Daylight is waiting for you. Daylight is waiting for you...
When I die, let the wolves enjoy my bones.
When I die, let me go.
When I die, you can push me out to sea.
When I die, set me free.
When I die, let the sharks come round to feed.
When I die, set me free.
Oh the world is dark, and I've looked as far as I can see.
When the years have torn me apart, let me be.
When I die, let the flames devour me.
When I die, set me free.
When I die, throw my ashes to the breeze.
When I die, scuttle me.
Whole world is dark, and I've looked as far as I can see.
When the years have torn me apart
Let me be, let me be, let me be, let me be
Daylight is waiting for you. Daylight is waiting for you...
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Dodged a Bullet to this song .. WOW...
This voice is chilling .... "let me go!"
This voice is chilling .... "let me go!"
An almost perfect song, in my opinion. Utterly delightful.
tgrier wrote:
At mine too, as I'm buried in a woodland to return my nutrients to nature.
This will be played at my funeral.
At mine too, as I'm buried in a woodland to return my nutrients to nature.
Cool lo-tech video for this song:
DLS-Wolves
DLS-Wolves
Set me free!
Rare 10
The voices. The tone. The sentiment.
I always stop and turn it up. Out of respect for this masterpiece.
myrwin wrote:
I'll assume your forgave your mom for dying after you learned more about addiction.
I'll assume you forgave the OP for their egoic struggle after you learned more about parental neglect through the lens of grief and loss.
Let's all forgive one another, if we can bear it.
I'll assume your forgave your mom for dying after you learned more about addiction.
I'll assume you forgave the OP for their egoic struggle after you learned more about parental neglect through the lens of grief and loss.
Let's all forgive one another, if we can bear it.
Is it just me or are there a lot of death themed songs that have been playing this morning (1/30/23)?
JaeRae wrote:
I'll assume your forgave your mom for dying after you learned more about addiction.
My mom died a year ago at 59, She gave up on life by slowly poisoning herself with opiates and barbituates and nicotine, knowing what she was doing. She just didn't wake up one day.
She wanted this song played at her memorial when she died. The family overruled the song not ready to let go.
I still have a hard time forgiving her for giving up. I miss her.
I'll assume your forgave your mom for dying after you learned more about addiction.
This will be played at my funeral.
Two tracks in a row where I stopped what I was doing to focus. Haunting and beautiful!
On_The_Beach wrote:
Caitlyn does some great work with the boys from Darlingside
Darlingside & Caitlin Canty - Sweet & Low
Caitlin Canty & Darlingside - Wildflowers (Tom Petty cover)
Down Like Silver singer/songwriter Caitlin Canty also has a solo career:
Caitlin Canty - I Never
(Still waiting to hear back on my marriage proposal.)
Caitlin Canty - I Never
(Still waiting to hear back on my marriage proposal.)
Caitlyn does some great work with the boys from Darlingside
Darlingside & Caitlin Canty - Sweet & Low
Caitlin Canty & Darlingside - Wildflowers (Tom Petty cover)
This song strikes me to my core.
It makes me feel the same way that
To Build A HomeThe Cinematic Orchestra does.
Both 10++
She is amazing
It makes me feel the same way that
To Build A HomeThe Cinematic Orchestra does.
Both 10++
She is amazing
Splendid.
Beautiful song, in some ways I understand and agree with the message, in others I strongly disagree. Isn't that part of what art should be about?
Jelani wrote:
One of many songs on RP that broach the fragility of life... I have given them all 10's though I have no need to die... much more to live for!
wow, this is really a sad song.
One of many songs on RP that broach the fragility of life... I have given them all 10's though I have no need to die... much more to live for!
wow, this is really a sad song.
Typesbad wrote:
Eastmountainsouth was a duo formed by Peter Bradley Adams (with Kat Bode). They split up after recording one album.
Mr. Adams then teamed up with Caitlin Canty to form the duo Down Like Silver. They broke up after one album.
I think I'm detecting a pattern here, Peter...
They remind be a bit of Easmountainsouth, which is great because that band recorded one brilliant album and them promptly disappeared.
Eastmountainsouth was a duo formed by Peter Bradley Adams (with Kat Bode). They split up after recording one album.
Mr. Adams then teamed up with Caitlin Canty to form the duo Down Like Silver. They broke up after one album.
I think I'm detecting a pattern here, Peter...
Daylight is waiting for you....love that!
Dust to dust.
Beautiful, haunting music.
This song is OK but I would like to hear it a bit less
LowPhreak wrote:
Hah! May the best man win. ; )
Not to take away from RP, but this short (3-song) performance and interview is quite good, IMO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSAEJKXb18s
Get in line, Beach. I was there first! 
Hah! May the best man win. ; )
Not to take away from RP, but this short (3-song) performance and interview is quite good, IMO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSAEJKXb18s
On_The_Beach wrote:
(Still waiting to hear back on my marriage proposal.)
Get in line, Beach. I was there first!
(Still waiting to hear back on my marriage proposal.)
Get in line, Beach. I was there first!
Sweet.
Today is Sept 11 and as I was looking over the photos from 2001 this song came on... wow. Peace everyone.
Nice one, I'm liking it.
They remind be a bit of Easmountainsouth, which is great because that band recorded one brilliant album and them promptly disappeared.
Down Like Silver singer/songwriter Caitlin Canty also has a solo career:
Caitlin Canty - I Never
(Still waiting to hear back on my marriage proposal.)
Caitlin Canty - I Never
(Still waiting to hear back on my marriage proposal.)
LowPhreak wrote:
Indeed!
It's at least an '8', eh Beach? 
Indeed!
simple song. only once I sat down, turned up the volume and listened did i begin to really appreciate the lovely vocals.
On_The_Beach wrote:
It's at least an '8', eh Beach?
Damn, I love this song.
It's at least an '8', eh Beach?
Great song. Great message. Love this one.
Пісня супер! Дякую.
Nice melody. Reminds me of Axelle Red's "Rester Femme" song from the 90's. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhbL9rs6dYI
Reading "Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End" by Atul Gawande.
Damn, I love this song.
JaeRae wrote:
"Rage, rage against the dying of the light" —Dylan Thomas.
My Condolences.
My mom died a year ago at 59, She gave up on life by slowly poisoning herself with opiates and barbituates and nicotine, knowing what she was doing. She just didn't wake up one day.
She wanted this song played at her memorial when she died. The family overruled the song not ready to let go.
I still have a hard time forgiving her for giving up. I miss her.
She wanted this song played at her memorial when she died. The family overruled the song not ready to let go.
I still have a hard time forgiving her for giving up. I miss her.
"Rage, rage against the dying of the light" —Dylan Thomas.
My Condolences.
rdo wrote:
I'll second that. Eternal heaven or hell sound equally as bad, in their different ways.
On a Friday afternoon aside, the SF author Philip José Farmer wrote a series of books under the title "Riverworld" which posited a rather different, and very human, type of afterlife.
Hell, as Sartre memorably said, is other people. Or, in a digital world, where we might eventually be uploadable/copiable to a machine substrate, it could be computer systems. The penultimate Iain M Banks SF novel, before he died tragically early, was "Surface detail", which had the most graphic description of eternal torture inflicted on digital beings - it made Hieronymous Bosch seem like Laurie Lee.
When I die I want it to be like never waking up again. I find the idea of eternal life to be terrifying. I do not want that at all.
I'll second that. Eternal heaven or hell sound equally as bad, in their different ways.
On a Friday afternoon aside, the SF author Philip José Farmer wrote a series of books under the title "Riverworld" which posited a rather different, and very human, type of afterlife.
Hell, as Sartre memorably said, is other people. Or, in a digital world, where we might eventually be uploadable/copiable to a machine substrate, it could be computer systems. The penultimate Iain M Banks SF novel, before he died tragically early, was "Surface detail", which had the most graphic description of eternal torture inflicted on digital beings - it made Hieronymous Bosch seem like Laurie Lee.
JaeRae wrote:
Thanks for posting this - moving. This is one of the songs I'd like played at my funeral (then some happy songs at my wake), particularly if (as I wish) I'm put into a cardboard degradable box and allowed to re-release my nutrients to the earth that produced me. A tree on top would be nice :)
There's an atmospheric video to go with this song.
My mom died a year ago at 59, She gave up on life by slowly poisoning herself with opiates and barbituates and nicotine, knowing what she was doing. She just didn't wake up one day.
She wanted this song played at her memorial when she died. The family overruled the song not ready to let go.
I still have a hard time forgiving her for giving up. I miss her.
She wanted this song played at her memorial when she died. The family overruled the song not ready to let go.
I still have a hard time forgiving her for giving up. I miss her.
Thanks for posting this - moving. This is one of the songs I'd like played at my funeral (then some happy songs at my wake), particularly if (as I wish) I'm put into a cardboard degradable box and allowed to re-release my nutrients to the earth that produced me. A tree on top would be nice :)
There's an atmospheric video to go with this song.
My mom died a year ago at 59, She gave up on life by slowly poisoning herself with opiates and barbituates and nicotine, knowing what she was doing. She just didn't wake up one day.
She wanted this song played at her memorial when she died. The family overruled the song not ready to let go.
I still have a hard time forgiving her for giving up. I miss her.
She wanted this song played at her memorial when she died. The family overruled the song not ready to let go.
I still have a hard time forgiving her for giving up. I miss her.
What was wrong with me first time I heard this - 7? It's easily 9. Grower I guess.
Anyway, it's "scatter me." Ashes, you know.... scattered.
Nerubo wrote:
Nerubo wrote:
Brilliant song. The lyrics have a ? after the word scuttle, which is a perfectly appropriate word:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuttling
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuttling
Exactly.
A life-stopper.
Duc1098 wrote:
A life-stopper.
Duc1098 wrote:
This is one of those songs that makes me stop what I'm doing, turn up the music and be transported.
My tribute:
Duc1098 wrote:
Yes, hearing this for the first time today. Had to stop what I was doing to identify it and comment. To call it "haunting" seems trite, but my mind refuses to offer up any synonyms.
This is one of those songs that makes me stop what I'm doing, turn up the music and be transported.
Yes, hearing this for the first time today. Had to stop what I was doing to identify it and comment. To call it "haunting" seems trite, but my mind refuses to offer up any synonyms.
Like this more with each hearing.
toomanyollys wrote:
Or, for a less extreme option, there's the PSD button. Unless your system doesn't support it, in which case your only option is death. Ah well.
Or, for a less extreme option, there's the PSD button. Unless your system doesn't support it, in which case your only option is death. Ah well.
This is one of those songs that makes me stop what I'm doing, turn up the music and be transported.
Beowulf with a slide guitar.
Brilliant song. The lyrics have a ? after the word scuttle, which is a perfectly appropriate word:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuttling
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuttling
When I die I want it to be like never waking up again. I find the idea of eternal life to be terrifying. I do not want that at all.
Having read the lyrics I am bumping my rating from a 4 to a 7.
Having read the lyrics I am bumping my rating from a 4 to a 7.
10
Beautiful, especially the outro; "Daylight is waiting for you . . . ".
This song is why I love Paradise Radio. Not just because you can find this type of wonderfully varied and great music, but because PR always seems to be playing what I need to be hearing. I was quite literally in the throes of trying to track down this song to post to somebody as part of a conversation about funerial planning, but did not know the name of the song. Having no luck with a variety of lyric searches in YouTube I turned to Paradise Radio- and the song was actually playing!
auburntigerrich wrote:
My ears perked up instantly. Love the subtle slide guitar back there. Mixes really well with the harmony.
I'd kill to hear this live in my local watering hole on a quiet, rainy night. 9.
I have the same appreciation...I like your description of where and when you'd hear this too....I'd kill to hear this live in my local watering hole on a quiet, rainy night. 9.
DaidyBoy wrote:
They play it all the time there
I like the tune, but that is really funny.
They play it all the time there
I like the tune, but that is really funny.
Orodrigues wrote:
Or, for a less extreme option, there's the PSD button. Unless your system doesn't support it, in which case your only option is death. Ah well.
When I die, I'll be free to never listen this song again.
Or, for a less extreme option, there's the PSD button. Unless your system doesn't support it, in which case your only option is death. Ah well.
Orodrigues wrote:
They play it all the time there
When I die, I'll be free to never listen this song again.
They play it all the time there
When I die, I'll be free to never listen this song again.
Upon first listen, very nice. 8
Good song. Thanks RP!
fredriley wrote:
As is the comment. Why is "derivative" an insult? If it's a neutral adjective, then it's the bleedin' obvious, as after thousands of years of human music making there is nothing that is original, so all music is derivative of something.
If you don't like a song, just say so. Trying to use a poncey adjective to justify the dislike is just silly. One listener's godlike is another's sucko-barfo, usually for no explicable or rational reason, and long may that state continue.
Wow, I wish there was a +1 button on RP, as I think this is the best comment I've ever seen. Amazing.
As is the comment. Why is "derivative" an insult? If it's a neutral adjective, then it's the bleedin' obvious, as after thousands of years of human music making there is nothing that is original, so all music is derivative of something.
If you don't like a song, just say so. Trying to use a poncey adjective to justify the dislike is just silly. One listener's godlike is another's sucko-barfo, usually for no explicable or rational reason, and long may that state continue.
Wow, I wish there was a +1 button on RP, as I think this is the best comment I've ever seen. Amazing.
bb_matt wrote:
As is the comment. Why is "derivative" an insult? If it's a neutral adjective, then it's the bleedin' obvious, as after thousands of years of human music making there is nothing that is original, so all music is derivative of something.
If you don't like a song, just say so. Trying to use a poncey adjective to justify the dislike is just silly. One listener's godlike is another's sucko-barfo, usually for no explicable or rational reason, and long may that state continue.
Derivative and slightly dull.
As is the comment. Why is "derivative" an insult? If it's a neutral adjective, then it's the bleedin' obvious, as after thousands of years of human music making there is nothing that is original, so all music is derivative of something.
If you don't like a song, just say so. Trying to use a poncey adjective to justify the dislike is just silly. One listener's godlike is another's sucko-barfo, usually for no explicable or rational reason, and long may that state continue.
I really like the girl's voice, and the harmonies are quite good. Reminds me slightly of the Stanley Brothers, in that it is really the person signing harmony (Ralph for the Stanleys, the chick for these two) who makes it sound good, not the dude on melody.
My ears perked up instantly. Love the subtle slide guitar back there. Mixes really well with the harmony.
I'd kill to hear this live in my local watering hole on a quiet, rainy night. 9.
I'd kill to hear this live in my local watering hole on a quiet, rainy night. 9.
Derivative and slightly dull.
yes, let's bump this up a bit in the rotation and keep an eye on them in the future. 8
Beautiful words and melody. Sweet choice.
Damn, that was tasty. Where do you find these gems, Mr. Bill?
Very, very nice.
When I die, let me go.
When I die, let the wolves enjoy my bones.
When I die, let me go.
When I die, you can push me out to sea.
When I die, set me free.
When I die, let the sharks come round to feed.
When I die, set me free.
Oh the world is dark, and I’ve looked as far as I can see.
When the years have torn me apart, let me be.
When I die, let the flames devour me.
When I die, set me free.
When I die, throw my ashes to the breeze.
When I die, scuttle (?) me.
Whole world is dark, and I’ve looked as far as I can see.
When the years have torn me apart
Let me be, let me be, let me be, let me be
Daylight is waiting for you. Daylight is waiting for you…..
Haunting and beautiful.
I hereby, by this statement, incorporate the lyrics of this song in my Final Will and Testament.
By my sign here,
philbertr
By my sign here,
philbertr
I absolutely love this tune.
RP I love you so much! Thank you for introducing me to such great music
you made me more high. thanks from Turkey.
coccyx wrote:
Ah - Coccyx - you're back !
See, this resonates with me. I'm hopeful that someone might see fit to drag me out in the bush and leave me for the coyotes and bears, when I die. Would violate a good many rules and regulations, I guess...
Ah - Coccyx - you're back !
Exceptional - loved it !
Going onto my playlist for my memorial service - which, by the way, will end with a stirring rendition of "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" if my daughter follows my instructions...
This is plain B R I L L I A N T....just is folks.
VERY-VERY-VERY WONDERFUL
lkovathana wrote:
Um, that is every week here. Keep listening.
OK, hearing it again has changed my mind about this song.
I propose that RP have a week where an alternate, rarely played song from each album is played, kind of like the "flipside" week ...
I propose that RP have a week where an alternate, rarely played song from each album is played, kind of like the "flipside" week ...
Um, that is every week here. Keep listening.
Nice. Love to hear new NYC bands. Lotta good music coming out of Brooklyn.
Beautiful! Fits right in with my belief that we are not bodies with immortal souls; we are souls just temporarily inhabiting these bodies.
Good harmony... very nice. I guess one needs to be in a mood for this speed, sound, subject. curiously, I wa just having such a conversation. Login and *poof*... Sometimes it's like RP is reading my mood too intently... But Thanks for the intro to somebody new...
I really liked that. Never heard of em, but now I have. Thanks RP!
LIKE IT!
Euthanasia wrote:
That's a perfect description.
Just awesome. Like cry and smile at the same time.
That's a perfect description.
Just awesome. Like cry and smile at the same time.
OK, hearing it again has changed my mind about this song.
I propose that RP have a week where an alternate, rarely played song from each album is played, kind of like the "flipside" week ...
I propose that RP have a week where an alternate, rarely played song from each album is played, kind of like the "flipside" week ...
This is nice. Really nice.
Let it wait
What a gorgeous sound, love it.
railroadwail wrote:
To me happens the same... it makes me think "When I die"
I don't find it dark at all. It's actually pretty positive view of the end.
To me happens the same... it makes me think "When I die"
yes very reassuring
This song's rating goes up every time I listen to it, so it must be resonating with me on some level. Nice.
I don't find it dark at all. It's actually pretty positive view of the end.
One of !!!! The worst albums to be played on this fine radio station
My upload! Good to hear it's in rotation. Yes, the lyrics may be a bit dark, but if you listen through to the end, they're not so morbid as may seem at first. One could interpret them as life-affirming.
Female singer is Caitlin Canty and her music is also worth checking out. (Unfortunately my uploads of some of her tracks were rejected. Maybe someone else has better luck.)
Female singer is Caitlin Canty and her music is also worth checking out. (Unfortunately my uploads of some of her tracks were rejected. Maybe someone else has better luck.)
Thanks again, Bill. Another Amazon MP3 purchase...
Returning our nutrients to nature seems like the least we can do after having extracting so many of them for so many years, besides there are very few things I can imagine worse than being stuck in a graveyard. Please, please, set me free...........
fredriley wrote:
Probably, but wtf, at least it returns your nutrients to nature. No coyotes and bears over here, I'm afraid, so for me, stick me in the ground and plant a tree on top of me. After I'm dead, mind, and any useful organs have been harvested... ;-)
midreaming wrote:
.. set me free
coccyx wrote:
Probably, but wtf, at least it returns your nutrients to nature. No coyotes and bears over here, I'm afraid, so for me, bury me in the woods and plant a tree on top of me. After I'm dead, mind, and any useful organs have been harvested... ;-)
See, this resonates with me. I'm hopeful that someone might see fit to drag me out in the bush and leave me for the coyotes and bears, when I die. Would violate a good many rules and regulations, I guess...
Probably, but wtf, at least it returns your nutrients to nature. No coyotes and bears over here, I'm afraid, so for me, bury me in the woods and plant a tree on top of me. After I'm dead, mind, and any useful organs have been harvested... ;-)
love to see at least part of east man south back
.. set me free
See, this resonates with me. I'm hopeful that someone might see fit to drag me out in the bush and leave me for the coyotes and bears, when I die. Would violate a good many rules and regulations, I guess...
Bit morbid but not bad.. Like to hear a few more from the CD.. Looks like all the pieces are their instrument wise. Bill? Care to share anything else from them?
I've really enjoyed this
A real downer
Edit: no pun intended. Just a very morbid and bleak song. Don't like.
Edit: no pun intended. Just a very morbid and bleak song. Don't like.
Peter Bradley Adams, half of this duo was also in Eastmountainsouth, another excellent, but now defunct duo that has a couple of songs on RP. Kind of thought at first listen there might have been a connection between the two.....
First listen. Nice.
Upon first listen...I'm really liking this one!
i like it a lot. i really do.
Nice!
No comments for such a great song? Time to amend this.
My mom died a year ago at 59, She gave up on life by slowly poisoning herself with opiates and barbituates and nicotine, knowing what she was doing. She just didn't wake up one day.
She wanted this song played at her memorial when she died. The family overruled the song not ready to let go.
I still have a hard time forgiving her for giving up. I miss her.
You really did not honour your late mother's request? And this comment is all thumbs up?