Michael Kerr – Life Goes On
Because I could not stop for death…
Belfast tunesmith Michael Kerr (top) goes deep on his new single which comes with a powerful video from Danny Mills of Dan Dan Media and starring Richard McFerran as a boxer struggling with grief.
Michael says:
“When I wrote the song I was thinking about a story my uncle told me when he visited my Grandfather in hospital just before he died. My Grandfather was unwell for a while and I think he knew he was ‘goosed’, as he used to say. My uncle said the night before he died he was with him and he determinedly took the oxygen mask off his face and said “its not working, take it away”.
“Despite my uncle’s attempts to force the mask back on him, he realised it was his way of saying I’m ready to go. It was a tough one to hear but that was my Granda, he knew when his time was up.”
Speaking of the video, Michael says:
“I wanted to present the song as an emotive piece of storytelling as opposed to the usual me sitting on a bar stool playing the song. I was not only delighted with it but I was also delighted that I didn’t have to be in it.”
Nick says: …he kindly stopped for me.
Great song with great back story