Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Fire and Rain, Sebuah Cerita Kehilangan

Lewat suara siapa Anda mendengarkan Fire and Rain? Babyface? Dido? Bagi yang pernah melewati dekade 70-an atau tahun-tahun tak terlalu jauh setelahnya, mungkin mengenali lagu ini suara John Denver atau Willie Nelson atau tentu saja sang pemilik lagu, James Taylor. Carole King, yang sebelumnya telah bekerja sama dengan Taylor pada lagu You’ve Got A Friend, terlibat dalam permainan piano.



Baca juga: Eddie Van Halen Berpulang

Yup, Fire and Rain dirilis pertama kali pada Februari 1970 lewat suara James Taylor. Ia sendiri juga yang menulis liriknya. Taylor bercerita tentang kawan masa kecilnya, Suzanne Schnerr yang mengakhiri hidupnya, dan perjuangannya membebaskan diri dari ketergantungan obat. Peristiwa kematian Schnerr terjadi saat ia berada di London, Inggris, melakukan rekaman di Apple Records untuk album pertamanya. Saat itu ia juga tengah mengalami depresi karena kegagalan dengan band yang dibentuknya. The Flying Machine. Taylor berhasil menuntaskan ini lagu saat sedang melakukan rehabilitasi untuk ketergantungannya. 

Baca juga: Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Lagu Abadi

Fire and Rain rilis sebagai single untuk album keduanya, Sweet Baby James, pada Februari 1970. Tak lama setelah rilis, berhasil menjadi runner up di tangga lagu Kanada, dan berada di posisi tiga Billboard Hot 100. 


Fire and Rain


Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone

Susanne the plans they made put an end to you

I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song

I just can't remember who to send it to

I've seen fire and I've seen rain

I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end

I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend

But I always thought that I'd see you again

Won't you look down upon me, jesus

You've got to help me make a stand

You've just got to see me through another day

My body's aching and my time is at hand

And I won't make it any other way

Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain

I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end

I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend

But I always thought that I'd see you again

Been walking my mind to an easy time my back turned towards the sun

Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head around

Well, there's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things

To come

Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground

Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain

I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end

I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend

But I always thought that I'd see you, baby, one more time again, now

Thought I'd see you one more time again

There's just a few things coming my way this time around, now

Thought I'd see you, thought I'd see you fire and rain, now

Baca juga: Mark Chapman dan Peristiwa Kematian John Lennon

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