I ADORE this song. Love this version. My daughter and I sing and play it together and it always moves us to hugs or smiling tears. There are some days when it says everything I’m feeling.
I used to sing and perform my own songs in tavernas, bars, college haunts and concert halls. I don’t any more. When I was watching the DVD of ‘Once’, I had to leave the room, go to the bathroom and grab onto the wash-hand basin with both hands, taking deep breaths, feeling like I’d drown with the pain of missing it, the moment when my voice resonated with someone else’s heart.
I could write about the film, write about the Oscar-winning soundtrack and the making of the film, but I’d rather urge you – beg you – to rent the DVD and watch it.
This is the film version: ONCE: Falling Slowly
(Since writing this, I’ve put the DVD and the soundtrack CD in my shop.)
