TOO CLOSE TO HEAVEN (The Waterboys) Live

Recorded live @ Paradiso Amsterdam (November 19th, 2001)
I do not own the rights to this song.
TOO CLOSE TO HEAVEN
All your trouble will be over, so will your pain
you are gonna see those blue skies bursting right through the rain
The higher you climb, the lower you fall
You got too close to heaven, that's all
Now in the morning you can cry all you want to
- we'll spend the whole day weeping
Right now I want you to lay down your weary head
and let me see you sleeping
You've been walking around baby, inflamed and ashamed
feeling like you're one inch tall
You got too close to heaven, that's all
You're way too hard on yourself baby
- you got some pretty basic things wrong
You wouldn't believe me if I told you why I put you into this song
(...)
If you only knew I walked a mile for you baby
So won't you smile for me baby?
Come on! Smile for me baby! Smile for me baby! Come on, smile for me baby!
Smile for me baby! Smile for me baby! Smile for me! Smile for me! Smile for me! Smile!!!
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THE IMPLACABLE ORDER OF THINGS (José Luís Peixoto)
"I think: perhaps the sky is a huge sea of fresh water and we, instead of walking under it, walk on top of it; perhaps we see everything upside down and the earth is a kind of sky, so that when we die, when we die, we fall and sink into the sky."
NENHUM OLHAR (José Luís Peixoto)
"Penso: talvez o céu seja um mar grande de água doce e talvez a gente não ande debaixo do céu mas em cima dele; talvez a gente veja as coisas ao contrário e a terra seja como um céu e quando a gente morre, quando a gente morre, talvez a gente caia e se afunde no céu."
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happy reborn!!

[@IamMarqaos]

Glorious noise. Amazing.

[@crystalcrystal1829]

You know those chills that come to your upper arms while your eyes are closed and then you feel like tears are about to come out of your eyes.
I think the way he is asking this person to smile, we should ask ourselves to smile for ourselves Bc we’re walking miles for ourselves every day even when it feels like we’re only going backwards or no where

[@heinderave1083]

so sad that people dont even know this song,its so amazing.

[@MyAnja81]

indeed. How can we get more attention for this song. Masterpiece of Waterboys

[@caramason56]

Love this band 👏❤️🌈🎶😊.

[@kribitzherbert4325]

Wunderschöne Musik, genau mein Geschmack - Wonderful music.

[@ZairaWardrope]

This is so beautiful....

[@ZairaWardrope]

Beijo lírio e seja bem vinda :)

[@rannveighrafnkelsdottir1153]

wonderful song

[@eartheartful]

Thanks - love this track Dank u wel - (sorry not much good at dutch!)

[@nikodemk6455]

thx! :)

[@carlosrogel2244]

Excelente y hermoso tu trabajo Luisa combinar tu vídeo de la playa con esta canción-poesía de the Waterboys, no estoy de acuerdo lo que dice el dramaturgo José Luís Peixoto, donde quedaría la parte de como Ícaro y como Saúl, nada que ver, cuando morimos no todos entran al cielo, algunos tan solo quedan cerca... según Mike Scott.

[@Hamacas100]

Scott reconoce que pasó por lo mismo. Humanos que acertamos y erramos. Nadie es perfecto. Reconocerlo es la grandeza de los valientes. Esconderlo, la vileza de los eternos cobardes.

[@carlosrogel2244]

Gracias Luisa, saludos.

[@michaelobrien6548]

Some fucking tune mike

[@laveeg1]

watt a hard word

[@kubar1623]

inba :")

[@TheDirt3legend]

Janet