Love Rescue Me” was written with Bob Dylan. How did that come about?
What happened with “Love Rescue Me” doesn’t often happen but when it does it feels really worthwhile. I just woke up with that song in my head. I said to myself, “Right I’ll go have a cup of coffee” and I couldn’t. I couldn’t even go and have a cup of coffee or have breakfast because it was so strong. I was wishing it wasn’t there almost but I thought, well, I’ll just start writing it down: Love Rescue Me From the night’s insanity. That was the first line and I don’t think it even made it to the song. Love Rescue Me Come forward and speak to me Raise me up don’t let me fall No man is my enemy My own hands imprison me Love Rescue Me. I wrote that verse straight off, melody, everything, and thought “Well…what’s that about? I’ll get back to that.” I was going out to see Dylan that day and I just played it to him and we started working on it and the picture emerged. People talk of the muse. Are there times when you just need to capture it immediately while it’s here. Well some songs seem
