If you’re a person of my ancient vintage, any list of Top 10
rock albums of all time would have to include Carole King’s tremendous Tapestry,
wouldn’t it?
Released in 1971, it was an instant classic, selling 25 million
copies and garnering four Grammys in 1972, including Album of the Year.
It’s almost impossible to choose a favorite song from Tapestry.
But when I first heard “So Far Away” as a callow, inexperienced and – dare I
say it – innocent 20-year-old, it stood out.
At the time, I considered it a haunting, heartbreaking song
about a romantic love lost to time and space, which of course it is.
But if you live long enough, songs like “So Far Away” take
on different meanings. Life teaches us that love takes on many forms as we grow
older and as our losses become more complex.
As I listened to the song tonight, sitting on my patio watching
airliners make their approach to DFW Airport across the western sky, I thought
immediately of my son, who recently moved to Seattle to begin a new life there
with his girlfriend.
I know it was the
right decision for him to make, and I’m joyful in his happiness. But, God, I do
miss him so.
How do I live without the ones I love?
Time still turns the pages of the book its burned.
Place and time always on my mind,
And the light you left remains, but it's so hard
to stay
When I have so much to say and you're so far away.
Carole King - So Far Away (Official Audio) - YouTube
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