Drake, Nick - Three Hours Lyrics

very sad that he passed so soon, sounds like he battled depression unfortunately. He was so talented it really is, very much so, an incredible shame. May his soul rest in peace.

Chills in 2020. Nick Drake was an artist for all time.

In a parallel world/universe he is still alive, creating, who knows what magical music.

Maybe.

Danny Thompson has been part of some pretty incredible and most magical music. Adding a big part to it himself, needless to say.
Nick Drake, and then all the years he worked as sidekick to John Martyn.

Agreed. No question. Does anyone play bass like Danny?

He still stands tall #2019

basic bert jansch and pentangle sound.

i am so glad that im not the only one who thought that

@anepik right on man! bert and pentangle have such a great distinct sound and groove.

​@rob slover yeah, definitely. loved bert/pentangle ever since i stumbled across it and i've listened to drake's other 2 albums but not five leaves left for some reason, and when i heard this i immediately went to youtube to see if anyone else had similar thoughts on it lol

God his music is awesome. The nuances, the composition, the tuning of the guitars, his voice fit right into the atmosphere he produces. He was on the border of classic guitar, for fucks sake! Really goood and underrated music right here.

BRILLIANT

Discovered to late his music legacy is outstanding.

He was SO far advanced about society, capitalism, gluttony, & the lack of peace in our time that it is practically impossible not to relate to him today.

He knew just so much too soon & rejected the way we live in a constant fight against each other for profits. We really do need an alternative to this destructive path our species leads. It is not suited to everyone. And as Nick sadly proved here... some would rather die than capitulate.

Today we can express our woes anomalously via the internet. To have had these feelings back then in isolation; to have the record company skew his art into pub gigs & mundane tours must have been pure utter TORTURE for the poor man.

I wish I could reach him... but alas, this is a one way communication from the grave. Utterly tragic.

Parem.de colocar buchas em minha lista de musicas. Eu. Tenho. Bom. Gosto

This song is so amazing that there really nothing else to say, it always moves me deeply

My favorite song from Nick. It's so sad that he passed away in such a young age..

So well recorded. A musical giant.

This is ------------->>> wonderful , so wonderful !!!

Strange face
Etrange visage
With your eyes
Avec tes yeux
So pale and sincere
Tellement pâle et sincère
Underneath you know well
Au fond de toi tu sais bien
You have nothing to fear
Que tu n'as rien à craindre
For the dreams that came
Car les rêves qui viennent
To you when so young
A toi, si jeune
Told of a life
T'ont parlé d'une vie
Where spring is sprung
Où le printemps s'est épanoui

You would seem so frail
Tu paraîtrais si fragile
In the cold of the night
Dans le froid de la nuit
When the armies of emotion
Au moment où les armées de l'émotion
Go out to fight
Sortent pour combattre
But while the earth
Mais alors que la terre
Sinks to it's grave
Sombre jusqu'à rejoindre sa tombe
You sail to the sky
Tu vogues jusqu'au ciel
On the crest of a wave
Au sommet d'une vague

So forget this cruel world
Alors oublie ce monde cruel
Where I belong
Auquel j'appartiens
I'll just sit and wait
Je m'assierai et attendrai tout simplement
And sing my song
Et chanterai ma chanson
And if one day you should see me in the crowd
Et si un jour tu devais m'apercevoir dans la foule
Lend a hand and lift me
Tends-moi ta main et soulève-moi
To your place in the cloud
Jusqu'à chez toi dans les nuages

Wow! This is so good!

💘✨

Great accustic!

This is fucking amazing

There's something weirdly intense about this song.

There seems to be some interesting harmony work going on at some points here. I'd love to take a look at some sheet music for this.

There's a quiet urgency to this

100%
Can't remember the last time a song made me _feel_

ay lo amo

What a song, What a song, Oh My god....

three hours to wonder, three hours to fall…. NICK IS THE ESSENCE OF BEAUTY AND MAGIC…***

I once asked a boyfriend to teach me how to play guitar & specifically like Nick . He gave me an incredulous look & shook his head. This was in around 1990 or thereabouts.

Nick Drake est une légende

Legends live on. What a beautiful soul.

Always a mystery... special work... thanks Nick, God bless

He was ahead of the time ...sad thinking about the phrase 5 leaves left. Do we think he was counting down to his suicide?

Just perfect.

Nick, beautiful boy.

Good album

Tom Dante yeaap

Beautiful just discovered this one.Gone so young.

It's not very funny. Stupid yes. Funny no..

I never heard of Nick until today, I found him by way of his guitar tuning shown on a video here in youtube [CGCFCE] so sad, such potential for future works =( ... Another such artist with similar style, who created and was taken, was : Jimmy Spheeris - did songs like "I am the Mercury" - Immediately after Jimmy finished the last track of what became his last album, he was struck and killed by a passing motorist as he was leaving the studio ...

I just hope 1 or 2 of you realise the sadness behind this wonderful music.

Goes without saying ,Alan.We all know.

No shit. Honestly though, it's beautiful in its sadness.

I discovered Nick's music late last year. Late to the party. Since then I have become intimate with all of his songs. I'm still as astounded by his talent as I was at the first, and also amazed that although his music is melancholy it is also uplifting every listen. On some level we all wish to leave our mark on this world, to make a contribution that will be remembered. In truth we always do, but the fact that Nick died hoping he could help inspire even one person with his music and has inspired millions (although his fame really didn't take root until twenty years after his death) is a striking example. I treasure his music as an enduring treasure.

good music

A dropped D at St Francis Coffee House...excellent!

Nick Drake is way ahead of his time

This is a meaningless phrase

I’ve never heard anybody like Nick Drake...he is without peer in his genre...

John Martyn maybe? He's different but equally genius in my opinion.

benikaltijdenmorgen

Just how did he make this?

Only Nick can say, and he's not talking.
I'm willing to bet he knew it was golden the moment it all came together.

I know Nick Drake has many amazing songs, but I'm having a hard time leaving this one out of my top 10.

Got to be in there along with River Man and many others.

Have you heard the alternate version on the Made to Love Magic album? Sublime..

@sunshaped Wow, it really is. Thanks for the recommendation.

Ten reafs left .

Wherever Nick is, I hope it's bright and wonderful there.

from some of his lyrics i get the impression he believed in reincarnation. i like to imagine he’s been reborn into a happier life

Wow, his music is this old. I didn't realize that. Good year. I was born. All I ever heard from him was "Smoking too Long" because my brother sent it too me about 10 years ago trying to get me to change me ways.

Just feel lucky that his depression never prevented him from sharing this with us all.

FIX THE TITLE!

Three hours from sundown
Jeremy flies
Hoping to keep 
The sun from his eyes
East from the city
And down to the cave
In search of a master
In search of a slave

Three hours from London
Jacomo's free
Taking his woes
Down to the sea
In search of a lifetime
To tell when he's home
In search of a story
That's never been known

Three hours from speaking
Everyone's flown
Not wanting to be
Seen on their own
Three hours is needed
To leave from them all
Three hours to wonder
And three hours to fall

Three hours from sundown
Jeremy flies
Hoping to keep the sun from his eyes
East from the city
And down to the cave
In search of a master
In search of a slave

Thanks!

@Robot Bjorn Giacomo?

Mystifying.

I feel like Im writing this comment three hundred years before this song was recorded, it carries me away so far. I love you music, Nick.

I got into Nick in 1986 and have loved his music ever since. For a while my own sadness made it difficult to listen, but now I'm older, can appreciate it's stark, quintessentially English beauty.
Check out this song by Tim Buckley, Jeff's dad, from 1968. It has a similar feel to 3 Hours.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n8xeDyZ3x_M

I got some Jeff Buckley from this actually. Magnifique.

Nick Drake - Three Hours

Legend !!! Arthur Lee is only slightly better !!!

Nah.Forever changes maybe.

I'm trying to put my finger on his playing style . I've heard this style but can't remember who it was . It can reach in and touch apart of your soul . I love this song . I put my head phones on and close my eyes and it carries me off to a peacefulness that I never Knew I had in me . Thank you for this Beautiful song !!! Roger the Farmer from Grantsburg Wisconsin !!

Wow the 12 people that Don't like this??? Can Pack Rocks in there ASS .

if you like Nicks music ... take a listen to Alexi Murdoch

Thank you. Orange sky was my favorite

Some are born sad and go young,it seems like they are here to create their art and than vanish like foreigners and strangers

SO sad indeed <3

Jeff Buckley is another one, although his was not a suicide. What another beautiful soul lost..

I started listening to Nick some 50 years ago and his music & lyrics are timeless. John Martyn (Solid Air) makes a close second. I've been hanging around musicians on a national & local level and it never ceases to amaze me to watch a genius able to put his mind into simple yet exquisite notes and elegant meaningful lyrics to match.

magnifique.

Nick Drake and Tim Buckley were the best singer/songwriters of their time. Both died around the age of 27. Sadly, very few people know their music.

So did Amy Winehouse, Jim Morrison, Hendrix, and Janis Joplin. all 27

don't despair. millions still listen.

I know Tim Buckley who hasn't spent time down at the meat rack tavern lol

Laura Nyro was arguably the most innovative, versatile, soulful and technically complex of all singer/songwriters. Elton John asserts that she influenced more major songwriters than anyone. Check out her track 'New York Tendaberry'(1969), or 'December's Boudoir' (1968), both unique.

Flawless

Escuchando Todo Pasa en Océano FM conocí este mostro,

Now that i found Nick, i feel cheated that my musical friends did not share Nick with me sooner.

be glad not sad, enjoy the powerful brilliance

Take responsibility for your own learning.

Oh me Oh my ...

The guitar and vocals at about 3:04 in are mesmerising.

Wow This is so beautiful. I can't believe I have never heard this before. . Totally Awesomy

Drake will produce more popular albums during his short life, but he has rarely been more distinguished than on this first album ... It is with him that we must discover and explore his complex and introspective music!

Yep,it's a beauty Philippe.My favourite one of his

Nick Drake was light years ahead of his time.

no doubt about it

No he wasn't nor does it matter. He's just the best in what he's doing.

@ЧтоПлохого No, his sound is decidedly anachronistic due to the more modern qualities of his singing and playing, which were later emulated and influenced artists decades thereafter.

I love how his lyrics whispers in your ears and tells you a message:)

Its amazing how the other musicians are able to keep their pace along with Nick's

Que belleza, simplemente maravillosa

1969 I bought this bc a YF serving me in the Mcr record shop recommended it. Unique record; synthesis of words & music. Drake - died tragically young - was great at creating projection surfaces 4 u to weave in yr own ideas / feelings / myths

If Nick was alive today, he would be my best friend!

If he was still alive, chances are he wouldn't have any friends.

Well that's dark.

I recently discovered him. I completely fell in love with his songs ♥️

This does something to me

I think this is Nick Drake's best album I've listened to all of them and this one really was put together very well.

agreed micky

Indeed the very best of the 3 released in his tragically short lifetime

Please consider removing #8. The sound of the recording is so bad, you can't tell if he's actually playing the song well, or not.

Haunting, deep and moving....will we ever hear the likes of this again?

Probably not gms,Those days are gone.
He was an exceptional talent .His albums are treasures.This song 3 hours is just stunning.Never tire of it.

@Johnny Shamrock another musical revolution will follow, the world rises and falls like the crashing of a wave

Love Nick Drake, awesome voice and guitar playing.

suona divinamente, oltre a possedere questa voce che addolcisce, che leviga...tra le mie preferite

this music works better on acid

Intoxicating Breadwater lol it works great without it too...although take your point

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chills forever with this song

Amazing playing.  An amazingly beautiful song.

if you play guitar and have not learned to play this i suggest you do so for it is the most beautiful progression to play

I know Nick Drake, but I discovered this song just today ... And it's like if I had discovered a treasure.

Yep,a real treasure is Nick Drake.Great find there Mario.

You did

I've just done exactly the same today! and I fully agree with you.

Indeed you have

I wonder if this song inspired Desert Island Disk by Radiohead?

Maybe ❤

I love Radiohead...

@Vince Dotson He was saying this song influenced Radio Head, not the other way

Parasite definitely influenced subterranean homesick alien.

Honestly who gives a shit. Radiohead fans see all preceding music in relation to their idols, which is excruciatingly boring

Such a soul piercing voice and a very underrated guitarist.

His guitar work is wonderful isn't it...he'd lost so much of his ability by the end. Someone on here has said the acoustic version is better but without Danny Thompson's wonderful bass it loses something...glad the strings are not used.

In fact he is Not that underrated at all. On the contrary. And he has influenced a hord of guitar players.

In my Top 5 of all times. Often at numero uno!

Great song.

Is there a lyric in it " January flies" its hard to make out Nick sometimes.

+zakalon123 Lyric sites say that it is Jeremy, but it does sound like January

Jeremy was his friend at University who used to sneak out to meet women, hence Giacomo's free.

Zou 'm wel eens willen horen met een orkest.

... said no one ever.

Vedi recensione in Day is Done.

This deserves more views!

I first heard this when I was 14. I listened to it on repeat for days.

hypnotic stuff

This story called "The Last Leaf" by O'Henry will show you where Nick probably got the name for this album --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXOMQ_qLJWA --- Go to 5:50 minutes to see, but the whole story and/or movie is wonderful especially the end.  I saw the movie in elementary school.  I also like Beautiful Zero's idea, further down, that this album came out in 1969 and he died 5 years later in 1974.