#wreckoftheedmundfitzgerald — Public Fediverse posts

"Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings
In the rooms of her ice-water mansion..."

Goddess, so many lines that spark shivers, tears, or both!

It's an absolute masterpiece. Just amazing. 3/3

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A few examples:

"The lake it, is said, never gives up her dead"

"That good ship and crew was a bone to be chewed
when the gales of November came early"

"The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound"

"Does anyone know where the love of God goes
when the waves turn the minutes to hours?"

"The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay
if they'd put fifteen more miles behind her." 2/3

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Listening to "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (and raising a glass to the lost lives) and reading along with the lyrics.

Great high holy hell, Gordon Lightfoot knocked this entire thing *out of the park!* The guitars make you feel like you're out on the waves in a lonely and ominous wind, and practically every verse has at least 2 bits of heart-stopping poetry that'd be the crown jewel of any other song. 1/3

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