Warmer than Warm (A Surprise Post)

Ok I am on my flight and I was listening to a live Damien Rice concert.  He played the song Grey Room and before the song told the story of the lyrics.

He lamented that he writes his best music when he is really down about life and love.  He hates that. And now that he is on tour basically playing nightly a whole album (genius album) an album he wrote when he was down he thinks his songs have taken a new turn.  Just like a horoscope he is suddenly able to make what was written as sad, sound uplifting.  So he wrote “Grey Room”.

The song is about how when he is down, he knows this “certain someone” who always makes him feel worthwhile.  I gather her name is Desole (see the lyrics below).  Here are the lyrics.  One thought from me to you sweetie - “Warmer than warm, oh yeah” (read below.

“Grey Room” – Damien Rice

Well I've been here before
Sat on the floor in a grey grey room
Where I stay in all day
I don't eat, but I play with this grey grey food

Desole, if someone is prayin' then I might break out,
Desole, even if I scream I can't scream that loud

I'm all alone again
Crawling back home again
Stuck by the phone again
Well I've been here before

Sat on a floor in a grey grey mood
Where I stay up all night
And all that I write is a grey grey tune

So pray for me child, just for a while
That I might break out yeah
Pray for me child
Even a smile would do for now

'Cause I'm all alone again
Crawling back home again
Stuck by the phone again

But I still got you to be my open door
But I still got you to be my sandy shore
But I still got you to cross my bridge in this storm
But I still got you to keep me warm

If I squeeze my grape and I drink my wine
Coz if I squeeze my grape and I drink my wine
Oh coz nothing is lost, it's just frozen in frost,
And it's opening time, there's no-one in line

But I've still got me to be your open door,
I've still got me to be your sandy shore
I've still got me to cross your bridge in this storm
And I've still got me to keep you warm

Warmer than warm, yeah
Warmer than warm, yeah
Warmer than warm, yeah
Warmer than warm, yeah

You’re the world to me.  I love you more than anything in the world.