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Jeff Buckley — Last Goodbye
Album: Grace
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Released: 1994
Length: 4:32
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This is our last goodbye
I hate to feel the love between us die
But it's over
Just hear this and then I'll go
You gave me more to live for
More than you'll ever know

This is our last embrace
Must I dream and always see your face
Why can't we overcome this wall
Baby, maybe it is just because I didn't know you at all

Kiss me
Please kiss me
But kiss me out of desire, babe
And not consolation
You know it makes me so angry
'Cause I know that in time
I'll only make you cry
This is our last goodbye

Did you say "No, this can't happen to me"
And did you rush to your phone to call?
Was there a voice unkind in the back of your mind saying
"Maybe... you didn't know him at all"
You didn't know him at all
You didn't know

The bells out in the church tower chime
Burning clues into this heart of mine
Thinking so hard on her soft eyes and the memory
Offer signs that it's over
It's over
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 cc_rider wrote:

No comments in 8 years?

This song - and the album - breaks me. Every. Single. Time.

Godspeed, Buckleys.
c.

edit - Bill, please do not play Patty Griffin's 'Goodbye' after this. I don't think I could take it.



this album buries me every time too…feelings - wow I am not burying them and neither did Jeff.
Posted 5 months ago by tm    [ Reply ]
May the gods bless this boy.
What a loss for the world.
What a fantastic album "Grace" is.
Posted 6 months ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
 mindpunk wrote:

... just slightly overrated, check this  ;-)   https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2007/jun/02/jeffbuckleynothankyou?commentpage=1


Wow - I remember reading this pile of dreck the first time around - it hasn't improved with age!
Posted 7 months ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
 mindpunk wrote:

... just slightly overrated, check this  ;-)   https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2007/jun/02/jeffbuckleynothankyou?commentpage=1



Jude Rogers is just jealous
Posted 7 months ago by TheKing2    [ Reply ]
lost an up & comer way too early!
Posted 10 months ago by jjbix37    [ Reply ]
I'm not familiar to this version but i have listen the album a lot...
Did i forgot? 
Maybe cause i was more into the father, Tim, than the son those last years.
Posted 1 year ago by vincent7771lebert    [ Reply ]
No comments in 8 years?

This song - and the album - breaks me. Every. Single. Time.

Godspeed, Buckleys.
c.

edit - Bill, please do not play Patty Griffin's 'Goodbye' after this. I don't think I could take it.
Posted 1 year ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Everybody in my alien space craft loves this farewell song...  miss ya...
Posted 9 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
The soundtrack to a literally life-changing trip.
Every time I hear it that moment comes back like the hot kiss at the end of a wet fist.
Posted 9 years ago by expertTexpert    [ Reply ]
Oh Jeff.  This album is perfect.  His voice does it for me every time.
Posted 10 years ago by jamelch    [ Reply ]
Emmylou's "All My Tears" followed by this... RP's on a roll.
Posted 10 years ago by MinMan    [ Reply ]
You are sorely missed!
Posted 10 years ago by pumpkins3    [ Reply ]
Vanilla Sky
Posted 10 years ago by OHMish    [ Reply ]
 mindpunk wrote:
... just slightly overrated, check this  ;-)   https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2007/jun/02/jeffbuckleynothankyou?commentpage=1

a lot of projection and shadow issues going on there. Maybe she fell in love with Jeff for the wrong reasons in the first place. 
 


Posted 10 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
So does he sound like Thom Yorke, or does Thom Yorke sound like Jeff Buckley?  Um confused ...
Posted 10 years ago by hanssachs    [ Reply ]
I love everything about this song. Every last thing. Damn.
Posted 10 years ago by hear_my_name    [ Reply ]
... just slightly overrated, check this  ;-)   https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2007/jun/02/jeffbuckleynothankyou?commentpage=1
Posted 10 years ago by mindpunk    [ Reply ]
Brilliance, yet the urgency in the voice, sometimes it's just to painful--in a spiritual way--to listen to this, though I always can.
Posted 10 years ago by hakuindude    [ Reply ]

marvelous...  love it...
 
Posted 10 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
One of my favourite songs, but seems to be played too often? 

3 days ago is too soon!
 
Posted 10 years ago by Imadofax    [ Reply ]
masterpiece. 
Posted 10 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]

In retrospect, this song is incredibly profound...  such a tragedy...
 
Posted 10 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]

Posted 10 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
appreciating the diversity today, Bill!!
Posted 11 years ago by CrackerjaxATX    [ Reply ]
Has anyone heard anything about this?  Good or bad?

Greetings from Tim Buckley Official Trailer
https://youtu.be/92G8TcMubNg

(Sorry for the double post... I couldn't seem to edit the previous one...) 
Posted 11 years ago by lazylemming    [ Reply ]
Has anyone heard anything about this?  Good or bad?

<iframe xx="560" yy="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/92G8TcMubNg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> 
Posted 11 years ago by lazylemming    [ Reply ]
Still haven't found it - d'oh! 

Desimia wrote:
I need to find this CD in my pile of old CDs, like, NOW 
 


Posted 11 years ago by Desimia    [ Reply ]
Oh, there... it... is...
Posted 11 years ago by robertomiller    [ Reply ]
I need to find this CD in my pile of old CDs, like, NOW 
Posted 11 years ago by Desimia    [ Reply ]
What can be said about Jeff that hasn't been said a hundred times already. Did heaven have to take him so early since he sang like an angel?
Posted 11 years ago by DrMacDaddy    [ Reply ]
This voice and music is coming straight from heaven :)
Posted 11 years ago by metod    [ Reply ]
Fantastic and sad.
Posted 11 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
One fine Jeff Buckley tune. Too bad there won't be any more! {#Eh}
Posted 11 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]

A body goes down:Jeff Buckleyby ~kenmeyerjr
©2003-2012 ~kenmeyerjr

Named after the Duncan Sheik song, this is one of my alllll time favorites, Jeff Buckley...could have met him once, if I had just walked a tiny bit faster across the crosswalk and wanted to bother him.


Posted 11 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
 stunix wrote:
all know Grace is fantastic, but for me, this is the song that never gets boring or tired.  oh and "Lover Should've come over" :)
 
i'm with you.

and the song Grace, too.  
Posted 11 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 jenovella70 wrote:
I bought it when it first came out, based on seeing the video on MTV (lol). I loved this song but the rest of the album took about another couple of years to really hit me, as well! I'm glad I came back to it, because now I cannot imagine how I missed this genius. I can't say enough how much I love the "tear" in his voice, the sadness & depth of feeling, not to mention the albums use of nuance, which is lost on a lot of more modern music. (Can't stand compression!) My fave track is probably "Lover, You Should Have Come Over," but the whole album is a classic to me. (Even if I still kind of prefer Nina Simone's version of Lilac Wine :P)
 
The what on MTV? MTV played videos? That's crazy talk.
Posted 11 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
 Smokinmaxwell wrote:
Is there really a mute list so as not to have to listen to Jeff Buckley?
 
It's called the PSD button, or otherwise, go for commercial-infested, listener-ignoring radio :)
Posted 11 years ago by stevendejong    [ Reply ]
all know Grace is fantastic, but for me, this is the song that never gets boring or tired.  oh and "Lover Should've come over" :)
Posted 11 years ago by stunix    [ Reply ]
This is a great song for giving you music chills.
Posted 11 years ago by drsteevo    [ Reply ]
 Smokinmaxwell wrote:
Sorry— this is cocophany.

 
Chocolate music?
Posted 12 years ago by jt1    [ Reply ]
Aaah that's better. More of this, and So Real, please. Thankyou.
Posted 12 years ago by christy_oneil    [ Reply ]
 Yeah, that's one hell of a transition. Emotional overload combined with a great sunny day. Everything is coming together.

GuiltyFeat wrote:
Big Country in to this? That makes me happy.
 


Posted 12 years ago by chelsiaann    [ Reply ]
Big Country in to this? That makes me happy.
Posted 12 years ago by GuiltyFeat    [ Reply ]
One of my favorites,
Posted 12 years ago by Kaisersosay    [ Reply ]
 chyk5 wrote:
I didn't start listening to this guy until after he was gone. I played this CD for a month straight after I bought it. What a loss.

 
I think this is the same for most people.  after all, he left us not long after recording his first album.    however the albums quality hits you right between the eyes.
Posted 12 years ago by stunix    [ Reply ]
love this.
Posted 12 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]

This song is not played enough.


Posted 12 years ago by shakylegs    [ Reply ]
At one point in this song, I think Buckley sounds just like Burton Cummings.
Posted 12 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
Oh my god..RP is playing a different Jeff B song ! Refreshing to hear other tunes than Hallelujah !! THANKS BILL
Posted 12 years ago by neuticle    [ Reply ]
Is there really a mute list so as not to have to listen to Jeff Buckley?
Posted 12 years ago by Smokinmaxwell    [ Reply ]
cacophony — sounds bad
Posted 12 years ago by Smokinmaxwell    [ Reply ]
Sorry— this is cocophany.

Posted 12 years ago by Smokinmaxwell    [ Reply ]
Sad song, lyrics-wise.  But the music is so chugga-chugga upbeat and springy.  Doesn't match.  The emotion in the lyrics is not expressed in any way by the musical style.  Strange.  And I don't like it.
Posted 12 years ago by coccyx    [ Reply ]
Crushing. Every. Time.
Posted 12 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Great song. Hope you're rockin where ever you are Jeff.

 


Posted 12 years ago by gemtag    [ Reply ]
Well, prob 11; pedigree..........?
Posted 12 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
 GuiltyFeat wrote:
Perfection preserved in amber.

"You gave me more to live for, more than you'll ever know." 
  Indeed.


Posted 12 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Perfection preserved in amber.

"You gave me more to live for, more than you'll ever know." 
Posted 12 years ago by GuiltyFeat    [ Reply ]
 Byronape wrote:
My wife is one of the Jeff Buckley worshipers and has been for many years.  She played a few songs from this album only a few months into dating, but for some reason the greatness didn't sink in for me.  It wasn't until years later that my eyes were really opened and I have had this cd in my car ever since.
 
I bought it when it first came out, based on seeing the video on MTV (lol). I loved this song but the rest of the album took about another couple of years to really hit me, as well! I'm glad I came back to it, because now I cannot imagine how I missed this genius. I can't say enough how much I love the "tear" in his voice, the sadness & depth of feeling, not to mention the albums use of nuance, which is lost on a lot of more modern music. (Can't stand compression!) My fave track is probably "Lover, You Should Have Come Over," but the whole album is a classic to me. (Even if I still kind of prefer Nina Simone's version of Lilac Wine :P)

Posted 12 years ago by jenovella70    [ Reply ]
My wife is one of the Jeff Buckley worshipers and has been for many years.  She played a few songs from this album only a few months into dating, but for some reason the greatness didn't sink in for me.  It wasn't until years later that my eyes were really opened and I have had this cd in my car ever since.
Posted 12 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]
Beautiful Jeff.
Posted 12 years ago by bluecshells    [ Reply ]
 Lumpy13 wrote:
Is there any song more sad than this one?
 
Patty Griffin's "Goodbye" has to be up there.  Ironically, it's a song written about Jeff Buckley.
Posted 12 years ago by eddief    [ Reply ]
I have great admiration for your voice and your tallent. 
The first time I heard your voice I sat up and took notice and pursued. 
But you were already gone. 
Wish you were still here.
Posted 12 years ago by gjones    [ Reply ]
Is there any song more sad than this one?
Posted 12 years ago by Lumpy13    [ Reply ]
A truly landmark album, and amazing song.
Posted 12 years ago by packbj1    [ Reply ]
so topical. so beautiful. so sad. so right now. so timeless. thank you, jeff. wherever you are.
Posted 12 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 cc_rider wrote:
I have to stop working and listen to this song. Every single time. 'Cause I can't see through the tears. I don't know why this song affects me so strongly, but it rips my heart out every time. Damn.
 
{#Yes} {#Cowboy}{#Yes}
Posted 13 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
This song is still amazingly powerful. One of the most influential musicians of recent memory, taken from us far too soon.

And his mom is a really nice lady.

Posted 13 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
Great stuff.  Really enjoy the instrumentation in Buckley's music, especially the bass.

Posted 13 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
Is this the Last Goodbye? Awesome song
Posted 13 years ago by gabrielle7nt    [ Reply ]
Cool tune.  Great vocals.  Sorely missed.
Posted 13 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
 Zigi wrote:

I find it hard to find any similarities between the two, just the fact that Matthew always sings with thick distortion over his voice tells me he is not comparable to Jeff Buckley.

 

I have to agree with Zigi.

In the immortal words of Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing, "Comparisons are odorous."
Posted 13 years ago by roulleau    [ Reply ]
 chyk5 wrote:
I didn't start listening to this guy until after he was gone. I played this CD for a month straight after I bought it. What a loss.

 
Interesting.  i did exactly the same thing.  Genius, really. 

Posted 13 years ago by Beanie    [ Reply ]
I didn't start listening to this guy until after he was gone. I played this CD for a month straight after I bought it. What a loss.

Posted 13 years ago by chyk5    [ Reply ]
I have to stop working and listen to this song. Every single time. 'Cause I can't see through the tears. I don't know why this song affects me so strongly, but it rips my heart out every time. Damn.
Posted 13 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
 tanyaahogan wrote:
SO, so interesting {#Wave}
Matthew Bellamy (Muse writer, lead guitarist and vocalist) gets RAILED about his amazing voice, and this guy who sounds like him is held up like a god.  

 
I find it hard to find any similarities between the two, just the fact that Matthew always sings with thick distortion over his voice tells me he is not comparable to Jeff Buckley.

Posted 13 years ago by Zigi    [ Reply ]
Need more volume.  Love this, it makes the hair on my neck stand up.

Posted 13 years ago by Alpine    [ Reply ]
One of my "Desert Island" albums for sure.
Posted 13 years ago by isayhoomhom    [ Reply ]
Solid 10.

This is just one of those songs where every little details seems absolutely perfect and the flow of the song blends with my feelings.
Posted 13 years ago by Zigi    [ Reply ]
Nice!
Posted 13 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
10. As in godlike.

Here in DC, this was the last song WHFS played before they went off the air.
Posted 13 years ago by stevebeaver    [ Reply ]
 Bosami wrote:
Simply. Awesome.
Bill - how about 'Eternal Life' ?
 
The road version!

Posted 14 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
 RabbitEars wrote:
15
 
22.

And it still feels the same.

Oh, and the song is a 10.

Posted 14 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
15
Posted 14 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
One of my favourite CDs.
Posted 14 years ago by Spud    [ Reply ]
Simply. Awesome.
Bill - how about 'Eternal Life' ?
Posted 14 years ago by Bosami    [ Reply ]
Ooooooo always loved this one! Love that bass line and slide guitar!{#Bananajam}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 copymonkey wrote:


What does that even mean? Just trying out your new cool-guy words, and in the process creating a completely contradictory statement? If so, it worked.
 

Cool-guy words? Wtf? Those words seemed pretty normal and descriptive to me - didn't seem like he was trying to be anything to me. The term "Cool-guy word" is much more confusing... and "Cool-guy"... ish...

Anyways, I get what he was saying. Good songwriter, he pulls off (executes) what he is trying to achieve, and clearly has passion for it. However he just isn't aaoaoo's cup of tea, and maybe doesn't have that unexplainable x-factor that makes people love certain artists. There are many artists that I know are good and I respect them, but they aren't my "thing."
Posted 14 years ago by choderama    [ Reply ]
 TheKing2 wrote:
This is one of those few 11ths pushing 12ths out there.

Who was the producer?
 

It was produced, engineered and mixed by Andy Wallace.  Cheers.
Posted 14 years ago by Spud    [ Reply ]
This is one of those few 11ths pushing 12ths out there.

Who was the producer?
Posted 14 years ago by TheKing2    [ Reply ]
Beautiful but overplayed...on my ipod {#Clap}....
Posted 14 years ago by enidualc    [ Reply ]
Just love that voice.  Sad he is no longer with us.
Posted 14 years ago by Spud    [ Reply ]
 aaoaoo wrote:
I'm "meh" on Jeff Buckley, but "hells yes" on the songwriting, execution, and passion.

9
 

What does that even mean? Just trying out your new cool-guy words, and in the process creating a completely contradictory statement? If so, it worked.
Posted 14 years ago by copymonkey    [ Reply ]
So, I'm the dork that hadn't heard this album (other than what is played on RP), but my good, dear brother loaned me his copy of the Legacy Edition and:  Holy. Crap. Batman!  What a fine album.  Unbelievable.  Much more aggressive than I would have thought.  Good, good stuff!
Posted 14 years ago by skdenfeld    [ Reply ]
 aliweg wrote:

Always the same question in my head: ..why so early?



 
Indeed.

Posted 14 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
I'm "meh" on Jeff Buckley, but "hells yes" on the songwriting, execution, and passion.

9
Posted 14 years ago by aaoaoo    [ Reply ]

Damn close to perfect.


Posted 14 years ago by coffee-eyes    [ Reply ]

Always the same question in my head: ..why so early?



Posted 14 years ago by aliweg    [ Reply ]
Thanks Bill...I am now officially addicted to this guy's music.
Posted 14 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
If only he coulda stuck around longer to put out more amazing music.  So sad he had to leave so early.  Good thing though, 'cause I'd probably be in jail for stalking him. 

{#Heartkiss}
Posted 15 years ago by dynamaniak    [ Reply ]
Donno why I love this song so much! Maybe the desperation of  Kiss Me, Please Kiss Me! {#Kiss}
Posted 15 years ago by petelincandjulie    [ Reply ]
 rtwingo wrote:

 cc_rider wrote: From the first note, this song makes me an emotional wreck. Oddly, I think that's why I love it. 
 

Don't agree with that statement!

cc_rider (should have) wrote: From the first note, this album makes me an emotional wreck. Oddly, I think that's why I love it.

Now, that's better.
{#Sunny}


  I stand corrected. No, I sit and weep corrected.

Thanks for fixing my post.


Posted 15 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
This brings to mind my Son who covers this man's music so very well..See him at Starbucks this weekend..you guess which one.

Posted 15 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
 mirland wrote:

Yuk.


 
Let me refrain that. Yuk. Terrible terrible terrible.

Posted 15 years ago by mirland    [ Reply ]
Dammit.  I get back from a bathroom break to hear the closing bars of a Jeff Buckley song. {#Doh}

It just show you that one should never, ever, ever stop listening to Radio Paradise.  Never.

I need someone to bring me a "truckers friend."
Posted 15 years ago by secretsauce    [ Reply ]
Jeff Buckley is one of the best "rip your heart out" artists...just great and sad and full of emotion.

That is all.
Posted 15 years ago by lovemydog    [ Reply ]
 Egrey wrote:
This was the last song before WHFS went off the air. :-(. Bill, Rebecca...don't get any ideas!
 
¡Esta tu nuevo radio!  ¡El ZOL!

Posted 15 years ago by lsherida    [ Reply ]
Marr wrote:
Bill, I hope you're going to follow this set up with ELO's "Mr. Blue Sky" so that we can cheer up a bit.


I was waiting for Vienna Teng's "Passage" to complete the emotional pounding...I need a fu**ing drink...

Posted 15 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
Bill, I hope you're going to follow this set up with ELO's "Mr. Blue Sky" (or something similarly upbeat) so that we can cheer up a bit.


Posted 15 years ago by Marr    [ Reply ]
 Amnesia wrote:
Has anyone realize how many songs talking about death have been played??{#Eek}
 
I have no idea what you're talking about...

j/k. This set is one of Bill's 'theme' series.

Posted 15 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Just perfect... 
Posted 15 years ago by sporkster    [ Reply ]
One of the greatest...

Someone died today and I am not sure whom.  

But it will come out.

Perhaps it's a love died? 
Posted 15 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
Has anyone realize how many songs talking about death have been played??{#Eek}
Posted 15 years ago by Amnesia    [ Reply ]

Yuk.


Posted 15 years ago by mirland    [ Reply ]
Amazing song and amazing singer. It just really sucks he is dead and we can never know what other beautiful songs he would have made. :(
Posted 15 years ago by flapser    [ Reply ]
 bbHappy wrote:
If there was a "fingernails on chalkboard" emoticon, that's what I'd use to describe this attempt at a song. But there isn't so this, {#Headache}, will have to do.

 
Given my near unconditional love of the falsetto, I would expect this to fall in line with the rest of the inexplicably irresistible testicle-torturing songs I adore...but it just doesn't. Not quite chalkboard for me, but not as pleasing as I would hope.

Posted 15 years ago by notremotely    [ Reply ]
The following entry regards Patty Griffin's song entitled "Goodbye". It was written about Jeff Buckley's death. I can't verify the accuracy of this statement but it seems plausible. 

From SongMeanings:

by jrw1980 on 09-16-2008 @ 12:03:07 PM
This song is about Jeff Buckley. Not many people know that but it's true. Jeff has inspired many artists and many songs. PJ Harvey's Memphis is about Jeff. Also Chris Cornell's Wave Goodbye, The Cocteau Twins' Rilkean Heart... Fake Plastic Trees by Radiohead had Jeff in mind too.

From Wikipedia regarding Buckley:

 

 


Posted 15 years ago by pianocomposer    [ Reply ]
Check out "Lilac Wine" from this album, it is heartrendingly beautiful.
Posted 15 years ago by PurplePrincess    [ Reply ]
 bbHappy wrote:
If there was a "fingernails on chalkboard" emoticon, that's what I'd use to describe this attempt at a song. But there isn't so this, {#Headache}, will have to do.

 

How do you really feel?  BTW, I agree.
Posted 15 years ago by wendorama    [ Reply ]