Yazoo — Softly Over

May you not miss it just because it’s quiet.

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To go "softly over" is to practice the art of non-disturbance in a place haunted by disturbance. The South is a region where the past is not dead; it isn't even past, as Faulkner reminded us, but it is also a place where the past is buried shallowly. The soil of the Yazoo basin is composed of centuries of erosion, of topsoil washed down from the hills and deposited in the floodplains. It is a graveyard of geology. Moving "softly" suggests a guilt, or perhaps a reverence. It is the careful step of a walker crossing a bridge made of rotting timber, or the quiet glide of a boat on a still morning, where the only sound is the dip of the paddle and the water slipping away. It is an attempt to pass without waking the ghosts—of the Choctaw who first named the river (meaning "River of Death"), of the cotton empires built on stolen labor, of the bluesmen who sang of the devil at the crossroads. May you not miss it just because it’s quiet

"Softly Over" was born during a period of significant internal friction. By the time recording for You and Me Both began at in London, the creative partnership between keyboardist Vince Clarke and vocalist Alison Moyet had largely fractured. The South is a region where the past

Written by Vince Clarke ; Produced by Eric Radcliffe and Yazoo .

The lyrics of "Softly Over" are a straightforward, raw exploration of loss and the struggle for communication at the end of a relationship. Yazoo – Softly Over Lyrics - Genius