Eagles - Heart Of The Matter - with lyrics

Heart Of The Matter by The Eagles, can also be viewed on my website ClassicRockA-Z at this link http://www.classicrocka-z.com/eagles-heart-of-the-matter-with-lyrics ClassicRockA-Z.com is a website dedicated to everything related to Classic Rock and Classic Pop music. 4 decades of the greatest Classic Rock and Classic Pop hits of the 60's 70's 80's & 90's. Over 260 Artist, Over 1300 titles in alphabetical order from .38 Special to ZZ Top. http://www.classicrocka-z.com/ ‘The Heart Of The Matter’ was released in 1989 on Don Henley’s album ‘The End Of The Innocence’ (which also features ‘New York Minute’, another Henley heart-stopper). The song was revisited by the Eagles in 1994 on their ‘Hell Freezes Over’ live album, which is by far the superior version, stripped of any lingering ‘Boys Of Summer’ production, and infused with those soaring Eagles harmonies. Henley’s vocal is more raw too; the heartache still seems new, which is a testament to how emotive a vocalist he can be. Or maybe five years still wasn’t enough time. Henley lived in the fast lane, sure, but he didn’t realize he was speeding in the wrong direction. By the time he bothered to look in the rear-view mirror, she was gone. The chorus is so stark, a portrait of a man slowly working his way through heartache. It’s all so elementary; a broken man rebuilding himself without a reliable guide. It’s small and simple, and never angry. “But I miss you sometimes” hits all the harder for not being obscured in metaphor. “The things I thought I knew, I’m learning again.” There’s a lot of trying, and learning, but also a complete surrender to things outside his control. He misses her, his will gets weak, his thoughts scatter – she doesn’t love him anymore. He can’t steer any of it. All he can do is try, and learn. It’s beautiful.