I Grieve
ARTIST: Peter Gabriel
CREATOR: Mark Charlesworth
Video info:
The video for 'I Grieve' gave him chance to hone his craft, capturing a series of deceptively simple images. He had turned to Peter's song for comfort after suddenly losing two friends in Summer 2025. No other song encapsulated the feeling of gut-punching loss, punctuated by moments of hope as life continues to happen all around.
Mark's video takes viewers on a journey from late summer, autumn, and into winter, with a recurring image of fire - a destructive force, but also a source of light. The video is overlaid with voices from conversations Mark had with his friends and family, asking about their experiences of grief, and how it made them reflect differently on life. Ultimately, death can be a great impetus to live, and look for light in dark places.
Spoken word: Carol Hands, Melanie Williamson, Brian Charlesworth, Mark Charlesworth, Chris Newton
Song info:
‘I Grieve’ is a track taken from Peter Gabriel's album Up, released in September 2002.
Words and music by Peter Gabriel. Produced by Peter Gabriel.
Published by Real World Music Ltd. / Sony Music Publishing.
‘One of the things over the years that’s amazed me in some ways is how people use songs once you’ve said goodbye to them. There was one American comic who came up to me, (I’ve always liked his work), and said I think that song Don’t Give Up saved my life. I was suicidal and I just kept on playing it. All sorts of other people have used that song as an emotional tool. I started to think that if you have songs as emotional tools then what do we not really have. You know, there aren’t many songs that deal with grief properly, so I thought I’d try and do a grief song.’
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