I love this song, i had to end things with my last boyfriend because he started heroin. She sings it exactly how i feel about it, its impossible to change, so there is sadness but wrapped in reluctant acceptance.
My good freind and a member of my family both suffered from opiate addiction. They both died as a result of their addiction. This song takes on a special meaning for me because I saw them struggle and then lose the battle in the end. My brother calls it a form of enslavement and I think that is accurate.
This cover is so amazing, it's one of those you find better than the original song. At least, I do. I'm a huge Marling fan, but I knew Neil Young before her and liked this song, but I prefer her version. It's perfect I daresay o.O !
@43geebee21 i think it's on her website and was made just after the release of 'I Speak Because I Can', guessing from the 'Laura Marling' logo at the beginning and end it was officially made and probably just another gem for her fans. i absolutely love it and actually heard it before the original!
I went to her gig last year. Her mother said that she always said that Laura wrote this song herself, because she was so proud of her daughter... not realizing that the song is about drugs. xD
@Eavis4president - well, can I just say that you should really learn more about Jewel. She happened to record most of her first album at Neil Young's ranch and has supported both Young and Dylan on tour. Jewel in past years has veered from the path a little but her stuff before about 2003 was mostly incomparable in the modern generation.
@43geebee21 the original's by neil young, his music is mainly themed on love, loss, n war. he lost alot of good friends and other talented musicians to heroin
And so it comes full circle via YT. Neil Young toJason Molina to [something I forgot but I'm sure it was excellent] to Jeffrey Lewis to Laura and back to Neil. Now I'm off to something called Norma Tanega.
@guyinahat1 Well, I wouldn't ask if it was a bad cover if I hadn't heard the orginal myself. I'm a Neil Young fan, too, kind of. Been listening to him alot. It's hard to not like him if you are a omnivore (whitin quality music); atleast for me.
@Eavis4president - OK no problem lol. I'm not a Jewel obsessive or anything btw. I'm actually listening to Laura alot more at the moment. I just think comparing someone who has been around for only about 4 years to someone who has been around for over 15 years is jumping the gun a little.
Audrey Dugas this is fucking awesome thanks for showing me this magnificent Laura Marling years ago. Its Ian Davies BTW YOU LOOK JUST LIKE HER. I've told you that millions of times but yeah haha. P.S. Sorry for kissing you on the head months ago after I fucked up your favorite song on guitar. I just wish you liked me again. Continually or ending. I guess you chose ending. But, I Just thought The needle and the damage done. Enough damage was done by kissing you on the head. awk.
@YouCanCallMeArissa - yes it is. There are 2 Jewel versions of this song that I'm aware of (maybe 3). One of them (the Billboard version) is awful. But her other version is just like this one, and loyal in almost every respect to the original. Over the past few years Jewel has got a bit carried away with herself and is not the same as she used to be. At this point in time Laura is ALOT better than her.
