Poignant

Not long ago, my friend Tony and I went to see Glen Phillips in Denver. After months of hard touring, Glen and his wife came close to divorcing. They mended their marriage, but during the difficult time, he wrote this song. As I listened to this live recording, I thought about how it would have been 'easier' just to leave the remnants of the relationship there in the park... But Glen and his wife decided that 'easy' was not their prime value.

It's a sad, slow ballad and it broke my heart the first time I heard it, even with the comic relief at the end.

It's Over Now

You take the house
You take the car
I'll take a microphone
and my guitar

We'll meet in the park
watch the kid's playing
and silently guess
what the other's not saying

It's over now
You've had enough.

Now you're climbing trees
like that girl in the song
and I haven't seen you
so bright in so long

Who could have known
that it was so easy
that all that you needed
was simply to leave me

It's over now
You've had enough.
You've had enough.

Maybe there's hope for us
I don't want to doubt you
but I've got my work to do
with or without you

But what will it mean,
if many years later
you are still Padme
but I am Darth Vader?

It's over now
You've had enough.
You've had enough.