last December i was on the road with the lads of Anathema for a cpl of days filming them. as i was picking a shot from the balcony in Lucky (venue, Rijssen, NL), Vinnie came up to me for a chat. we talked about stuff and especially One Last Goodbye. I had my exgirfriend with me there (yeah, it was all nice n cosy n special ppl!).
Vinnie told me that it was dedicated to their mom, and i said it was really cool, but that i read something different in it at 1st; a girl leaving you forever at the crack of dawn. but not a mom, but now i see that's obvious. i told him about me dad, and that my ex gf lost her dad 2 months after mine, all in the same year (yeah ppl 666 + 666 + 666 = 1998!!).
that night as i was taping, the lads played One Last Goodbye, and when the song was finished, Vinnie said like "this one goes out to Pieter and Marion". I was paralyzed for a cpl of seconds. I walked straight to me ex and wanted her to hold me. I guess she didnt even realised what he said, but i was crying my heart out, since i hadnt done that for about 2 years - havent had any specific occasion to cry over me dad, coz i cant just cry out of nothing. i need a specific thing to happen for that.
the next day i thanked Vinnie, for such a small word, but with so much impact. i sometimes shiver when i think of it, especially now i'm writing this down.
cheers vince
cheers dad