some velvet morning lyrics

I love this song. I just wrote a post on some great psychedelic songs which reminded me of one of the strangest and enigmatic psychedelic songs ever - "Some Velvet Morning" by Lee Hazelwood. And "straight," no question, meant "sober. I don't remember if someone told me that or if it was my own interpretation at the time. I remember thinking that the male singer was going to open the "mental gate" that had prevented him from speaking about Phaedra. Some velvet mornin' when I'm straight Flowers are the things we know, secrets are the things we grow Learn from us very much, look at us but do not touch Phaedra is my name

So bless her heart, she deserves some notoriety, so I’ll put her in a song."

The female voice is obviously a child. First of all, I love the title of the post.

It never received much airplay on KKIS or KFRC. Also, I thought the lyric was, "How she gave me life, and how she made it end" (not 'in').I have been fascinated by this song since I learned that I was named after it. After that, he ends up with some kind of substance abuse to deal with the pain. I just wrote a post on some great psychedelic songs which reminded me of one of the strangest and enigmatic psychedelic songs ever - "Some Velvet Morning" by Lee Hazelwood.

It sounded very grounded (Lee) and ethereal (Nancy) at the same time.

It gets in your head just like another favorite of mine played on C2C by Coldplay "Viva la Vida".If you watch the video on YOUTUBE of Lee riding a black horse by the sea, and listen with headphones on, you will hear him clearly sing "and how she made it end" In one pretty good headshot, the second time he sings " and how she made it ..." You can see his mouth form the word end and you can hear it clearly; it is at 2:09 in the video.

It also explains the bubble-gum style of the song when nancy is singing in the voice of Phaedra. I wish that I could hear a replay of the show from that night. I'm not sure I have it right but for me Phaedra is not real. The "flowers" on the hill I assumed were poppys, and that once he got "straight" (off the drug), he could confess how it both made him feel great (when high) and almost dead (when he needed more).this reply by Anonymous comes closest to what I too take the song as, when I was younger, I didn't think so much about the type of drug, thought it was about alcohol probably, I am in my 50s, so that is why. The amazingly gorgeous and very talented British Actress, Alice Eve, is starring in a movie called "Some Velvet Morning" screening currently on 2013's Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. I think it's somewhat like Rod Stewart's "Maggie" in that the male singer is telling some woman in his past whom he abandoned that someday he will tell her about Phaedra, the woman who led to his downfall. . Sounds plausible.Maybe the bigger question is why we should care what the hell he's talking about.

Anyway, to me this songs always had a taste of sexual meaning.

I believe the song is supposed to be by Hippolytus some time between the time his father cursed him and the time he died. The song is both cheesy and mysteriously intriguing at the same time. I mean, the male voice so deep and masculine, and the girl voice so sweet and feminine are answering each other. He blames the child for making his life end by being incarcerated .

I love to find meanings in songs and works of literature. I am glad to hear that George Noory still has it as his bumper music occasionally.

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It was August 4, 2007.I think Chris' take is probably the most accurate. i always assumed that the song was a bit like Nobokov's Lolita...I was a lad of 12 when I heard this song. I also listen to C2C and hear this being played. My interpretation is that phaedra is a drug, like heroin, to which the male singer is addicted. The original trippy video from 1968 is quite metaphysical and symbolic. I'll say no more because the story could get even darker...Interesting conversation and theories. an inappropriate relationship he can't freely discuss.

Flowers are the things we grow Secrets are the things we know Learn from us very much Look at us but do not touch Phaedra is my name. The flowers have always been doors (vortex) of energy. "Phaedra" in Wikipedia: "In one version, Phaedra's nurse told Hippolytus of her love, and he swore he would not reveal her as a source of information.

And also the things each one says: the male talking about "opening your gate" and the girl eluding his "touch". Look at my post on 7/21/2012. He felt totally alive when he fell for some woman in his past, but was devastated when the feelings were not reciprocated, so he does "not touch". Was/Am I mishearing her?I first noticed this song on Coast To Coast AM. the atmosphere the song creates is so almost-real, if you know what i mean. As a result, Hippolytus' horses were frightened by a sea monster and dragged their rider to his death. It immediately sets the mood of the song.

Lee Hazelwood is someone I did not know much about until recently but I am pretty curious.