Cat Stevens - Lilywhite

[TheLordHodne]

I hope people listen to this without prejudice... Such a nice song

[ThePiosenkarz]

if everything that's great was in the past maybe the end of times is close ? 

[TheLordHodne]

My favourite CT song...

[cabiria1977]

I just have to cry when I hear this song.... like many others from him. He can touch my soul like nobody can.

[TheStevensia]

mon dieu quelle chanson , c'est du KO technique ! cat ne dit pas grand chose dans cette chanson , mais mon dieu quelle profondeur musicale , ce violon qui se joue de la guitare ; une fatalité spirituelle ce dégage de cette chanson , comme une vérité douce qui vous illumine ..................au secours ! help ! ennajda !

[TheDrunkCat]

Beautiful

[TheLordHodne]

only 22k views is ricdiclous.... This AMAZING

[Boudiicca]

one of my favourite songs...beautiful :)

[TheStevensia]

de toutes les chansons de Cat , celle ci est la plus triste ( encore + triste que sad lisa ) et la plus énigmatique . jamais le violon ne s'est baladé AUTANT dans les airs en compagnie de la guitare que dans cette chanson .

incroyable / inctredible...........le violon qui se meurt ............qui agonise ................

[laytonve]

cat steven's music is almost Holy

[prrolg]

Cat is the sanest man I've ever known of.

[doorcat13]

well..it seems I was right all along ..Cat says this song is about snow. I got it right.

[lilackine]

@doorcat13 Snow? Just Snow? Well some cultures have 10 or twenty different words for snow of different kinds.

I always thought it was a close call to death (perhaps a driving accident or Cat's illness) and Lilywhite was the angel on the otherside. Oh well, We will all be passing her way again.

[doorcat13]

@lilackine Well. I saw a recent video of Yusuf singing the song. He said (not to burst your bubble) he was on some type of a "bad trip" while touring with Jimi Hendrix and, in coming down, he opened his door...it was snowing.......just.....snow...­....

[lilackine]

@doorcat13 I dont care what Cat (YUSUF) SAYS. i KNOW WHAT HE WAS SINGING ABOUT! lol

[TheLastRolo]

@aihjah that is the most beautiful load of nonsense bollocks

[4rainbowed]

I never apprecated this song when it first appeared (I was eleven then), but even so would likely have missed it, which would have been a pity.

[bensimps123]

heard ricky gervais saying this is one of his favourite songs so i thought id listen and i really like it.cheers ricky :)

[musicfan088]

So AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good track

[4rainbowed]

"I raise my hand to touch the wheel of change, taking time to check the dial" --just an excellent image. I always knew that the song had something to do with at least a figurative feminine entity. Why would anyone call snow "She"? Now that Yusuf is performing the song again-- he just did with Fairport Convention- maybe an interview will shed some light on it- a fav of his, he'd said. Also maybe in his Majicat dotcom website-- lots of articles and interviews, treasures there he's added to!

[earlevantay]

Funny, I always thought it meant the White Lily Flower. I always pictured it in summer.

[doorcat13]

if this song isn't about snow it should be

[Opalwitley]

Go from this to Sisters of Mercy by Leonard Cohen.

[doorcat13]

I'm going....i'm curious

[Opalwitley]

Time Rise, Time Fall, time leaves us nothing, nothing at all

Words just

Words don't know

Words leave you nowhere

Nowhere to go.

I'm going back

I'm going back......

[porpoisefathom]

he uses such deep feelings in this music

[pubujams]

I'v just played this 10 times, love it

[rguillory58]

I love this song too, as long as I've been listening to Cat songs, I have never heard this one. Simply beautiful!

[BigglesworthIV]

anyone know what this song means?

i can't work it out

[JParadox]

yEAH, iT mEANS tHANK tHE LILY wHITE, bITCH

[rguillory58]

I seem to think he is speaking of a beautiful pale virgin. Ofcourse everyone gets their own meaning. First I thought he was singing of winter?

[doorcat13]

this song reminds me of snow. I don't know why...but ..jim morrison said "real poetry doesn't say anything..it just opens doors..you can walk in any of them"...well i'm paraphrasing..but you get the picture

[GordonKasw]

I'll venture a guess as to the meaning of the song. As I recall, Cat Stevens was seriously ill--with tuberculosis, if I'm not mistaken. He recovered, but that (and perhaps another brush with death) left a deep impression on him. I think, therefore, that the Lilywhite is a symbol of death, but with hope for spiritual renewal.

[JimmyBoneJakon]

My interpretation is the Lilywhite is the nurse who took care of him.

I like yours too.

[NZartfuldando]

One of Ricky Gervais' favourite songs.

[thiaanthony]

Totally beautiful.

[burger17]

irresistable

[yuz58]

Its true the strings arrangments are beatiful..and makes this song...unresistable...

[Cattwo12]

Of all Cat Stevens songs I think that this one captured the essential spiritual thread that was to connect his future twelve LP's/CD's together. It also brings to light again the genius of Del Newman who did the String Arrangement. Totally Awesome

[marydol75]

john im playing it for us, xxxxx

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[porpoisefathom]

i wish i could find the love you both have ---thanks for being open to sharing it...gives hope....

[marydol75]

johthaankyou, xxxxxxxx you are so sweet, thank you my darling,

[johnjarvo]

Sent you this just before the second course...

Mhall...

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J.

[marydol75]

made a mess of that xxx it was to say thanks john, thanks for being here for me my love. xxxxxxxxxxxxxx