A haunting love song reaching across the miles
pop
love
haunting
solitude
loneliness
isolation
yearning
Story behind the song
I wrote this over 30 years ago while I was still in college and in a long-distance relationship with the girl who would become my wife. The COVID pandemic created some lonely, isolated times for all of us. It reminded me of that particularly lonely time in my young life.
Lyrics
Intro: Am Am/G D/F# Fmaj7
Verse 1
Am Am/G D/F# Fmaj7Am Am/G D/F# Fmaj7
High above the city streets, I sit alone and play.
Am Am/G D/F# Fmaj7 Am G Am C F E7
My songs a bird so frail and fleet. Too soon it flies away.
Verse 2
Am Am/G D/F# Fmaj7Am Am/G D/F# Fmaj7
In my heart I must endure this lonely empty mood.
Am Am/G D/F# Fmaj7 Am G Am C F E7
Ill ease my pain apart from her In my tower of solitude.
Chorus
Dm Am Dm Am
From my perch in the tower I try to cross the divide
Dm Am G E E6 Eb7 E7
So Im learning to live with this pain Im feeling inside
Reintro: Am Am/G D/F# Fmaj7
Verse 3
Am Am/G D/F# Fmaj7 Am Am/G D/F# Fmaj7
I have dreamt so many times That she was here with me
Am Am/G D/F# Fmaj7Am G Am C F E7
Our love expressed through every line Our song would set it free
Chorus
Verse 4
Am Am/G D/F# Fmaj7 Am Am/G D/F# Fmaj7
So here Ill play all night long until our loves renewed
Am Am/G D/F# Fmaj7 Am G Am C F E7
I know shell hear our haunting song from my tower of solitude
Coda: 2x Am C F E7