Postscript to favourite song question I have to be a little more precise concerning my last post. With favourite song I mean the song that has touched you most in your life. And by touched I mean that the lyrics have made a lasting impression on you. Could you also be so kind to include a small explanation of the song and its effect on you?

Some words on Nick Drake's "Road": The first time I listened to this song was in Spring 1980 and I was sixteen years old. I think it is the only song of which I know the lyrics by heart (I have got such a bad memory). And I did not learn it by heart but the lyrics were so strong that I could not forget them anymore after I had listened to them the first time. Nick Drake is singing about different ways of how to live your life. Of course he also sings about himself and the blues (as a state of mind) which has dominated his short life. I always wanted to "take a road that'll see me through" but I am not so sure now if I have succeeded. I did not "take the road to the stars" that is true and it is a road which has never interested me at all. The "road" is definitely my favourite metaphor in song lyrics. And roads have an end in themselves for me. Of course they lead from A to B. But the fascinating thing about them is the stretch in between. When you have left A and have not yet arrived at B. That is where I am at this moment.