I just appreciated after not having listened to Chemo Limo for some time, the lyrics "I knew it was a dream right away I called the limousine - company." Due to the rare and surreal eerily silence of the children she realizes that she must be dreaming, and hence as opposed to using her dreamworldly powers to for example fly, she chooses a just as unlikely scenario, that of taking a limousine ride. Something that is tantamount to being able to afford chemo, as expressed in the lyric "I can afford Chemo like I can afford a limo..., the limo coming without all the side effects and sickness, and finally, the uncertainty of a favorable outcome still. It's also interesting to note that it's her doctor that comes and takes her for a ride.
The journey this song had coming back to me is crazy~ As a child, this song always got me in tears, the emotional breadth of so staggeringly profound. Now, as my dad fights cancer and gets close to this point where he’d rather spend time with us than continue chemo, the tears won’t stop. Is there any song that captures a feeling so well? PS, I love how the simplicity of the piano accompaniment makes it easy enough to play by ear, and I just got my first real Piano recently, so in between Chopin and jazz studies, I can’t help but play this beautiful song all day :. )
If anyone wants to know, this is a story about a poor widow who has cancer, and gets a hundred dollar bill, (a.k.a. Benjamin Franklin)which is only enough to take care of her kids, not get her chemotherapy. So she doesn't take chemo, and she decides to die if cancer, not chemotherapy. At the end, when the widow is talking about her kids, she wishes that she could be there to help Sophie get smarter. She wants to be there for Michael when he gets hurt. Wishes to be there with her children so that Jacqueline doesn't have to care for them, because she is so grown up. And finally, she wishes that she had a stronger mother and daughter relationship with Barbara. Hope that's enough for you to understand! 😊
very very smart. But I think it's a bit different than that. She only has a dream that she had enough money to both take care of her kids and get treated for cancer, and once she wakes up, she knows that she can't do both. So she spends the money that she does have on a limo ride with her children and tells the doctor that she just wants to die comfortably (I said sir, let's just go west, and he listened obediently). ❤
@@nathaliaoliveira4303 I agree with you. I think she got so sick of chemo. As someone whos had chemo the lines 'This shit is make me tired.' And the panic in the way the line is sung tells me she's definitely talking about chemo. I think 'Crispy Crispy Benjamin Franklin' refers to her lawyer. He spoke with her doctor, her boss, and had a meeting or 'babysat' with all four of her kids. I don't think money is an issue because she says 'You know I plan to retire one day' which makes me think she was probably close to it or at least had a plan and savings set up for it.
this is so real. Cancer isnt exactly cured once you get these therapies, the chemo just extends your time. Instead of spending it on her own therapy, she spends it to care for her children. I assume the mother is old anyway. but, its all a "dream"?
I’ve listened this a bunch of times and it sounds to me like she got this in one take. To me this has to be one of the most complicated songs ever And she almost never does it live
I'm curious, why do people in the comment section keep saying she's a widow?? I'm not judging or anything, just did I miss one of the lyrics? I always imagined the woman as a poor single mother, although that's just my interpretation, but I'm curious as to why so many people automatically thought widow?
The way I interpret this is that she is a single mom with four young kids and has been undergoing chemotherapy. It has gotten to a point where she can't pay for it anymore. Her insurance policy can not cover the costs anymore. She has young kids: Sophie is a teenager, michael is dealing with bullies, Jacqueline is toddler, and barbara is still a baby (cause she has no personality yet, just that she looks like her grandmother). She has no choice but to let the disease take its course, thus when the doctor/limo driver asks where they are headed she says "west". It's so depressing because all her kids need her and she is dying. Maybe it has a message about health care system, how it doesn't help commoners like her.
I just appreciated after not having listened to Chemo Limo for some time, the lyrics "I knew it was a dream right away I called the limousine - company." Due to the rare and surreal eerily silence of the children she realizes that she must be dreaming, and hence as opposed to using her dreamworldly powers to for example fly, she chooses a just as unlikely scenario, that of taking a limousine ride. Something that is tantamount to being able to afford chemo, as expressed in the lyric "I can afford Chemo like I can afford a limo..., the limo coming without all the side effects and sickness, and finally, the uncertainty of a favorable outcome still.
It's also interesting to note that it's her doctor that comes and takes her for a ride.
The journey this song had coming back to me is crazy~ As a child, this song always got me in tears, the emotional breadth of so staggeringly profound. Now, as my dad fights cancer and gets close to this point where he’d rather spend time with us than continue chemo, the tears won’t stop. Is there any song that captures a feeling so well?
PS, I love how the simplicity of the piano accompaniment makes it easy enough to play by ear, and I just got my first real Piano recently, so in between Chopin and jazz studies, I can’t help but play this beautiful song all day :. )
I needed this with lyrics. As someone that's going though what I am, things are rough. Thank you for providing a song to sing along to.
Mark Skywalker same here
If anyone wants to know, this is a story about a poor widow who has cancer, and gets a hundred dollar bill, (a.k.a. Benjamin Franklin)which is only enough to take care of her kids, not get her chemotherapy. So she doesn't take chemo, and she decides to die if cancer, not chemotherapy. At the end, when the widow is talking about her kids, she wishes that she could be there to help Sophie get smarter. She wants to be there for Michael when he gets hurt. Wishes to be there with her children so that Jacqueline doesn't have to care for them, because she is so grown up. And finally, she wishes that she had a stronger mother and daughter relationship with Barbara. Hope that's enough for you to understand! 😊
very very smart. But I think it's a bit different than that. She only has a dream that she had enough money to both take care of her kids and get treated for cancer, and once she wakes up, she knows that she can't do both. So she spends the money that she does have on a limo ride with her children and tells the doctor that she just wants to die comfortably (I said sir, let's just go west, and he listened obediently). ❤
Actually, I think it's just about getting tired of chemo and accept that death is coming. Not a money issue
Nathália Oliveira its definitely to do with money it's a recurring theme through the song
@@nathaliaoliveira4303 I agree with you. I think she got so sick of chemo. As someone whos had chemo the lines 'This shit is make me tired.' And the panic in the way the line is sung tells me she's definitely talking about chemo. I think 'Crispy Crispy Benjamin Franklin' refers to her lawyer. He spoke with her doctor, her boss, and had a meeting or 'babysat' with all four of her kids. I don't think money is an issue because she says 'You know I plan to retire one day' which makes me think she was probably close to it or at least had a plan and savings set up for it.
this is so real. Cancer isnt exactly cured once you get these therapies, the chemo just extends your time. Instead of spending it on her own therapy, she spends it to care for her children. I assume the mother is old anyway.
but, its all a "dream"?
This song is so catchy, & beautiful at the same time.
I’ve listened this a bunch of times and it sounds to me like she got this in one take. To me this has to be one of the most complicated songs ever And she almost never does it live
Does anyone truly realize how dark this woman's music is?
Especially her early stuff, like Oedipus or Lacrimosa 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
Yes and i love it
My moms going through chemo. Yes. I’ve been listening for over ten years.
I'm curious, why do people in the comment section keep saying she's a widow?? I'm not judging or anything, just did I miss one of the lyrics? I always imagined the woman as a poor single mother, although that's just my interpretation, but I'm curious as to why so many people automatically thought widow?
isn't widow a single mother?
The way I interpret this is that she is a single mom with four young kids and has been undergoing chemotherapy. It has gotten to a point where she can't pay for it anymore. Her insurance policy can not cover the costs anymore. She has young kids: Sophie is a teenager, michael is dealing with bullies, Jacqueline is toddler, and barbara is still a baby (cause she has no personality yet, just that she looks like her grandmother).
She has no choice but to let the disease take its course, thus when the doctor/limo driver asks where they are headed she says "west". It's so depressing because all her kids need her and she is dying. Maybe it has a message about health care system, how it doesn't help commoners like her.
I
her music is so hard to decipher. which make me a fan
I would say DEEP rather then DARK.
1:37 3:34
just here to remind you that this song exists
@@StatikSoup ok now I’m reminding u
This is music
So sad :(
definitely
Crispy, crispy, Benjamin Franklin came over and babysat all four of my kids...LOL
:( Thanks for telling me...
This is really good...
But at 5:22
It's "Softly, All I want to do is listen to Radio BBC" not "Sophie"
Well....
I didnt know
Let's not speak on authority on things we don't know
4 kids-Sophie, Michael, Jacqueline, and Barbara
Gotcha. Thank ya :)
true dat :)
yep its more deep
Im sure people are that intelligent. Its not like its deeply concealed or something.
A young rich widow gets cancer and she's talking about how it affects her children and how she deals with it.
WHAT IS THIS SONG ABOUT?!?!
LizzieTurt a widow with cancer