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Farewell Angel
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Singer and songwriter Karlex blends the scratch 'n' riff guitar sounds of classic funk and soul with the fat-bottom bass of dub and roots reggae to create a fro
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Genre
R&B • R&B/Soul/Pop
Charts
#10,417 in subgenre Peak #19
Charts
Peak #28
Author
Karlex Antoine
Rights
Lil' People Records
Uploaded
July 27, 2007
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MP3 4.7 MB • 128 kbps • 5:09
Story behind the song
[Mark Kirby] Both the artist and this writer agree that the soulful "Farewell Angel," a song that is popular on Africa Radio 1 and whose video is in heavy rotation on Europe 2 TV, is our favorite on the album. The piece is totally stripped down to the singer/songwriter's essence of guitar and voice. "It was written the morning of my father's funeral," he states. With lyrics such as "I've got no angel to watch over me / I got no prayers to be heard / who listens anymore" and "In my bed I curl up / like the boy I used to be" he captures the grief of loss without weeping and wailing, the quiet sadness of how these moments play out beyond the weeping and wailing.
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Sun has set No candles will burn tonight Sky is dark No stars bring hope tonight Shut my eyes To escape my loneliness Scream my pain out No one hears In a room full of tears I got no angel To watch over me I got no prayers To be heard Who listens anymore? In my bed I curled up like the boy I used to be Try to hear Your steps there's only silence Break from time to time By my mother's cries I shiver Spread too thin to cover I got no angel To watch over me I got no prayers To be heard Who listens anymore? You must be walking This tunnel of everlasting life Rays of light Welcome you and warm you up Will I ever See you (and) touch you again I got to believe it I need to believe this To go on I got no angel To watch over me I got no prayers To be heard Who listens anymore? Who listens? Who listens? Now... When your angel is gone Who listens? Who listens? Now... That my Father's gone Now that my dad is gone... In loving memory of my Father "Papa Biou
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