“Gone (Away)” by Ryan Harris – A Song Feature

 

     Ryan Harris is a Canadian musician and filmmaker, making songs in his bedroom studio in Whistler, British Columbia. His song “Gone (Away)” puts a twist on Joni Mitchell’s song about not appreciating what you have until it is gone. For Mitchell, a “Big Yellow Taxi” took away her ol’ man – “Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got till it’s gone.”
 
     Harris turns the mirror toward another person – “All you ever know is how
to love something that's gone now.” Additionally, the vocals “Gone (Away)” provide enchantment, but in a more sophisticated and melodic voice. There isn’t a small laugh at the conclusion. Instrumentally, the biggest difference is Harris’ use of a banjo.

 

     “Gone (Away)” by Ryan Harris

Website: https://ryanjharris.ca/
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Lyrics of “Gone (Away)” by Ryan Harris
It was right in front of your eyes
Missed another sunrise
Always looking so far
So far away
 
You hope that time would run slow
We're watching as the days go
And everything you wanted
You’ve had the whole damn time
 
All you ever know is how
To love something that's gone now
To love it when it's gone
When it’s gone away
 
All you ever know is how
to love something that's gone now
To love it when it's gone
When it’s gone away
 
Can ya tell me now
Where did we go wrong?
Did those city lights
They sell us heights
Where we don’t belong
 
Did we trade it all?
For another day
We gave what we had
For another path
But it never came
 
All you ever know is how
To love something that's gone now
To love it when its gone
When it’s gone away
 
And all you ever know is how
To love something that's gone now
To love it when it's gone
When it’s gone away
 
All you ever know is how
To love something that's gone now
Love it when it's gone
When it's gone away
 
And all you ever know is how
To love something that's gone now
Love it when it's gone
When it’s gone away
 
When it’s gone away
When it’s gone away