Where I Stood (Album Version)

Missy Higgins | Format: MP3 Download
From the Album Where I Stood EP (DMD Album)

Product Details

• Original Release Date: January 29, 2008
• Release Date: January 29, 2008
• Label: Reprise
• Copyright: 2008 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S.
• Duration: 4:17 minutes
• Genres: Pop/Adult Alternative
• ASIN: B00140GUE0
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Attempting To Express Where She Stands, October 25, 2008

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This review is from: Where I Stood (Album Version) (MP3 Download)

Maybe not since Norah Jones' "Don't Know Why" has a song in the U.S. so popularly tapped into a vein of feminine conflicted regret.

This song is not my story. But parts of this song are my story and parts of this song are definitely not. And maybe that's perfectly fitting for such an internally conflicted song.

And as far as I understand, this song is also not the story of anyone I know or have known, but nevertheless I have faith this song is an honest presentation, pulling no punches.

The song is remarkable and uncommon for it's apparent honest admission that another woman could love a former lover better than the woman singing the story of regret. "Cuz, she will love you more than I could. She who dares to stand where I stood." Rarely, has a song been so honest. Most "songs of regret" labor on how the singer believes they were the best ever, and that "best" was lost.

Yet, the song goes on to express enduring and unique affection for the former lover: " 'Cuz I don't know who I am, who I am without you. All I know is that I should. And I don't know if I could stand another hand upon you . . . You meant more to me than anyone I ever loved at all. But you taught me how to trust myself and so I say to you. This is what I have to do." Those perspectives co-existing in her is one of the many aspects of the song that makes the song unusually poignant and real.