Nick Drake - Rider On The Wheel Lyrics

He was wonderful <3

I'm not gonna blame the rider on the wheel…***

Everything in his songs is perfect...human...pure awareness...a Genius, a Pure Soul full of LOVE....gratitude forever***

Beautiful tune.

A genius who died too soon.

"
And now you know my name
But I don't feel the same
But I ain't gonna blame
The rider on the wheel.

You know my song is new
You know it's new for you
I tell you how it's true
For the rider on the wheel.
"

It was clearly a message for his producer, his mentor and his friends. He didn't wanted to be a product, he just wanted to be himself.

currently 17, I see nick in myself, and I weep.

Try to get laid, Ben. You're going through a phase.

I hope you're doing well my friend

Happy Guy LMFAO

I know what you mean. Are you good? Do you need someone to Talk?

Nick makes me cry all the time. I can only listen to so much of him at a time, but it's always enjoyable even though it's sad. He was a sad and unfortunate genius. He was the king of depression in song and in life. But you're not him and you can be happy if you want it.

What a tender, fragile song. Very much portrays the thoughts of someone who feels separate from the world. A very sensitive, pure soul.

DistractedByPixels hope everything is okay with you. chin up, friend.

Cool perspective!

I can completely relate to him ....this world....... :(

sobbing uncontrollably

hard not to. RIP Nick

My beloved Nick

so great.........

Yeah this song is just epic on so many levels. Learning to play it shows you how incredibly talented he was. My god is it frustrating to learn it.

+Ben Masterson Can you recommend a good songbook? I play classical guitar and am interested in trying to learn some of Nick's work.

I just searched for nick drakes tabs on google.

+Ben Masterson Oh, okay. Thanks.

this is wreckage - drake sounds 8x worse than the end of barrett

Linda voz, música e violão!!! Beautiful!!! Thanks for post!!!

What a beautiful Karmic musical ride which ended far too soon. <3

riders on the wheel, samsara

You know my song is new
You know it's new for you
I tell you how it's true
For the rider on the wheel...

probably my favorite of his, the man was a god.

More like the god was a man.

This is beautiful. I can't believe I only really discovered his music last year, and now I can't imagine being without it. What a magical song this is.

"Do not ask who i am and do not ask me to remain the same... Let us leave it to our bureaucrats and our police to see that our papers are in order." foucault ---- "Je est un autre." rimbaud

Flawless.

Where can I find this version of the song? The vocal take sounds different and better than the version on Made to Love Magic.

It's from the Time Of No Reply album. There's an alternate version of Hanging On A Star on that album too.

I owe a great debt to the music of Nick Drake for getting me through one of the darkest times of my life. In particular, Time Of No Reply. I listened to this particular album and it meant so much to me when my Mom was in a coma. This and Pink Moon were the only albums that allowed me to fall asleep. Although Nick took his life, he will never know how important his life was for me, many years later. Thank you, Mr. Drake, wherever you are...your music is irreplaceable. <3 This song brings it back.

We don't know that he did take his own life.  Having taken tryptizol myself and knowing how horribly strong they can be, it's not that impossible he didn't realise and just took too many.

Thank You Mr.Drake
I know your EVERYWHERE.

@lymehausdj8
It could have been an accident.
Personally when I learned of his demise,First thought was...it was an Accident. But then all this stuff came about that he was depressed, blah, blah, he looked bad, blah, blah.
That's why I'm careful about who I talk to about my depression...if anything ever happens like that...it gets Blamed, and you look Crazy...
He is so Beautiful...

Perfect acoustic work.