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This song gets me every time. Melancholia sweeps over me in a wave of nostalgia. My family split up when I was 11 so the song is so poignant. Don't know why I'm sharing this today other than my mum in law passed away on Sunday and this came on up iTunes this morning (playing lots of Blue Nile at the moment) and this made me cry buckets. The lyrics are wonderful and capture feelings perfectly. Thank you Paul Buchanan.

Family Life

Starlight do you know me
Please, don't look at me now
I'm falling apart
Silver on the window
Like the bike I once had
At home in the yard
Jesus love let me down and I know where you are
It might lead somewhere

Gather me in snowfall
And the cars going by the north and the south
Flowers on the table
And the coffee gets cold
Like the milk in my mouth
Sailing on no honeymoon
Just separate chairs in separate rooms
Jesus, please
Make us happy sometimes
No more shout
No more fight
Family life

Tomorrow will be Christmas
We'll be singing old songs
And light up the tree
God and all the mercy
And say all your prayers
For little old me
Jesus, you
Wipe the tears from her face
And the sound of his voice
Family life

Yeah, yeah
Mystery

Jesus, I go to sleep and I pray
For my kids
For my wife
Family life
Yeah

So sorry to hear about your loss. My deepest condolences to you and your family.

Those are very beatiful lyrics.

Deepest sympathies Westdeep. You're right about the song. Heartbreaking. Buchanan is a genius at evoking melancholia.

My condolences to you and your family Westdeep.

Sooooooooooooooooo sorry Steve for you and Judy etc x

Sounds like the healing has begun.
Best of all during your time of sorrow and adjustment.