FALLEN Lauren Wood, 1981

FALLEN Lauren Wood, 1981 Fallen, written and performed by Lauren Wood. Arguably one of the most intriguingly structured love song. Behind a deceptively simple rhythm, the song weaves a luminous field of wide, mesmerizing associations of love and loved ones. A true masterpiece. Fallen is and always will be Lauren Wood s song. And the song has undoubtedly been a steady companion for a good part of Lauren s life. Although Lauren Wood had written the song as early as 1979, she recorded it for the first time in 1981 for her second solo album Cat Trick. Being known as a somewhat experimental and eccentric songtress, it was not surprisinging, that Fallen appeared to be out of place on an album that was otherwise caracterized by a typical bombastic eighties sound. Yet the core of the beauty of Fallen lies in its unsurpassed simplicity paired with a singing that is nothing short of extraordinary : beautiful beyond words. The lyrics a