I just can't let it go yet.
I found another blog, randomness personified, with an entry on Warren Zevon's death. If you don't have any Zevon mp3s from your cd collection...rush over because Mike has picked four of his best.
I found myself adding a comment: "For me Warren was all about love. I found him in high school and the lyric "should have done, should have done we all cried" twisted my world. I just knew I would have to live so I would never say that.
Twenty-five years later and I've said it a few times -- a very few times. Tell that to those who claim music can't change lives.
I purchased every album knowing that he'd have a lyric or two that would speak to my current relationship. It's difficult to imagine no new Zevon songs playing in my head ever again.
I find it a testament to his strength that he survived to hold his grandchildren and see that last album so well received.
In his story "Warren Zevon" Michael Swanwick wrote of how to deal with the loss -- "Or maybe I'll just sit down and try to write more, tougher, truer, better. Maybe I'll do my tiny bit to carry on the fight."
A perfect response to such a loss."
