Song Lyric Sunday: Torch Alanis Morissette

Torch, by Alanis Morissette.

A beautiful song, to me it embodies the feelings of a woman who has lost her life partner or husband. It is heart breakingly sad and beautifully thankful at the same time. I shall let the words speak for themselves. I hope you enjoy.

ALANIS MORISSETTE LYRICS

“Torch”

I miss your smell and your style
And your pure abiding way
Miss your approach to life
And your body in my bed
Miss your take on anything
And the music you would play
Miss cracking up and wrestling
Our debriefs at end of day

These are the things that I miss
These are not times for the weak of heart
These are the days of raw despondence
And I never dreamed I would have to lay down my torch for you like this

I miss your neck and your gait
And your sharing what you write
Miss you walking through the front door
Documentaries in your hand
Miss traveling our traveling
And your fun and charming friends
Miss our Big Sur getaways
And you watch you love my dogs

These are the things that I miss
These are not times for the weak of heart
These are the days of raw despondence
And I never dreamed I would have to lay down my torch for you like this

One step one prayer
I soldier on
Stimulating moving on

I miss your warmth and the thought
Of us bringing up our kids
And the part of you that was with your stick-tied handkerchief

These are the things that I miss
These are not times for the weak of heart
These are the days of raw despondence
And I never dreamed I would have to lay down my torch for you like

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Helen at This thing called life one word at a time invites everyone who would like to play along so we can share some fantastic music together.

Here are the rules for Song Lyric Sunday:

Post the lyrics to a favorite song or a new song you want to share
Make sure you credit the singer/band and provide a link to where you found the lyrics
Link to the YouTube video, or pull it into your post so others can listen to the song
Ping back to Helen’s post that will go up every Sunday by 9am MST
Check out at least one other person’s blog so we can all share new and fantastic music and create amazing new blogging friends in the process

IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE: FORESTS AND FARMS

If we were having coffee abroad

Welcome everyone this week is a little different we are having coffee today somewhere in France. Don’t worry everything is as it always is with tea and coffee from all over the world not to mention all our cakes and muffins and as Paul calls them sweets! Every single one is calorie free! Plus of course we now have spirits and liquors to warm the coldest of you.

If we were having Coffee: I would ask you what has been going on in your world this week, has anything deeply affected you, have you need a sympathetic ear, a shoulder to cry on or just needed someone to make you laugh! If yes feel free to talk it out here with us. We will all help if we can.

Lets join everyone here and all the other “IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEES”

Join in !

If we were having Coffee: I would remind you that there are lots of other coffee mornings all shared and organized By Diana and Gene’O over at,Part time monster

If we were having coffee: You can either sit inside this beautifully converted barn, it is so comfortable and beautifully equipped or we can sit outside in the huge garden with wonderful views of the countryside, so verdant and lush, or again you can sit on the farmyard side and see the farm buildings and the orchard, the chickens and the Dove Cote which dates from 1539 there has been a working farm here ever since that date when Francis 1st of France was on the throne and Henry V111 was on the throne of England. In fact they met in France and the event was so colourful with each king showing how rich he was that it was called The Field of Cloth of Gold .

Field of Cloth of Gold

If we were having coffee: I would tell you that we have just come in from a wonderful four mile walk, from the farm through fields some crops and some with cows in to a wonderful forest and it was a real forest not a wood or a copse. There were signs up saying beware traps ( signs in french) and we had to walk through a gate in an electric fence.

View from a picnic table of the lake.

There are deer in the forest , sadly we did not see any …mind you they are big and the males have huge antlers… and they are very nervous ! Well we almost got lost but eventually we found a lake and we sat for a while and took in the view. Then we wandered back and when we got back we had tea coffee and cake of course!

If we were having coffee: Last week we were in Normandy and the weather was amazing we went out every day visiting Cathedrals and towns and villages and some wonderful Botanical Gardens. I lost my phone, I had placed it on the boot of the car ( the trunk if you are an American) and then jumped in the car forgetting about the phone…… bye bye phone. I did not realize until we got back to where we were staying that it had gone… so we had to ring up and block the phone and have the sim killed!! Hassle but it had to be done! Hence my poem about the Lost phone.

Here are some photos of our trip so far.

Botanical Surprises

Flowers by a gate

Evening lake

Early morning farm

View from the window above the sink

If we were having Coffee: I have to say now that after 4hrs travelling across France in at points torrential rain and the walk this morning I am exhausted and need a rest so I shall love you and leave you all to enjoy I am putting my feet up now and taking in the view so come and join me or wander over to see Paul who is over at Mark Bialczak in Syracuse this week and all this month. Let us see what they are all discussing ! It has been lovely as always to have you all here and I hope, as does Paul that you will all join us here and at Mark Bialczak ‘s again next week.