Words and music by Low.
Photos by me.
Walk Into The Sea (Album) – Low
I can walk into the sea
And I can choke away the memories
Do I have to stay alive
Just to keep our dresses white?
You’ve come to me in dreams
With all the other pretty things
You tell me about a savior
And how his soul goes on forever
And time is just a hunger
It leads itself to nothing
When it finally takes us over
I hope we float away together
Yeah, time’s the great destroyer
Leaves every child a bastard
But when it finally takes us over
I hope we float away together
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Next to Donny and Marie, Low are my favorite Mormon music artists. (Well, technically, they’re one of my favorite bands, period. But how many bands do you know that have songs about Joseph Smith?) David Archuleta would be number 3.
This is so cool Susan! Thanks. But isn’t “I Am The Lamb” about Christ?
This part:
“they’ll take my name
and feed my children
with my remains
in the holy temple”
makes me think of the sacrament.
Come on, put Brandon Flowers (of The Killers) above David Archuleta. He deserves at least third place.
Comment by MCQ — January 24, 2009 @ 11:49 am
Lovely.
Comment by Wm Morris — January 24, 2009 @ 12:21 pm
Could be, MCQ. It’s probably both. I just always assumed Joseph Smith because he said “I am going like a lamb to the slaughter” and his last words were “I am a dead man.”
Comment by Susan M — January 24, 2009 @ 1:40 pm
Thanks. I’m also a Low fan.
Comment by E — January 24, 2009 @ 1:41 pm
I see “I Am the Lamb” as being about both Joseph Smith and Jesus Christ. The first verse is Joseph talking, the second is Jesus.
I love this song and I love the pics, Susan.
Comment by Tom — January 24, 2009 @ 5:41 pm
Good point.
Comment by MCQ — January 24, 2009 @ 8:02 pm
Thanks to some British guy, I got to see Low live in Vienna. It was cool.
Comment by Peter LLC — January 25, 2009 @ 1:21 pm
I think I saw Low live in D.C. with the same British guy.
Comment by Tom — January 25, 2009 @ 6:00 pm
Low are fantastic live. I get tears in my eyes from the very opening song. Something about the harmonies I think.
Comment by Susan M — January 25, 2009 @ 6:15 pm
Peter,
You didn’t just get to see Low in Vienna. It was much more than that.
Great pics, Susan.
Comment by Ronan — January 26, 2009 @ 2:36 pm
So Ronan is the British guy? What are you, Ronan, a Low groupie?
Comment by MCQ — January 26, 2009 @ 2:59 pm