| Joanna Newsom – Cosmia Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| she might have one of the most poignant voices ever. aesthetically pleasing or not, the emotional impact is what makes her voice good | |
| Joanna Newsom – Cosmia Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| This song and the rest on Ys are serve as metaphors for a spiritual/existential crisis; dark night of the soul. Joanna is a mystic, sweet and simple | |
| Grouper – Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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love and contentment is achievable but not something constantly around in waking life. in realms where you're in peace (sleeping) or concentrated emotion/feeling (heavy water) this can be a possibility. but, we're humans, so we can't be asleep or in water all the time. |
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| Joanna Newsom – Sawdust and Diamonds Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| "chopping wood and carrying water" is a zen saying. this whole album seems to be about enlightenment/energy/"one light" more than anything, especially cosmia | |
| The Tallest Man on Earth – The Drying of the Lawns Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| *if this is how he's going to act | |
| The Tallest Man on Earth – The Drying of the Lawns Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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"She said I cannot tell you why, she said I'm in a rush There are softer dreams for you to think about now love Things that you have seen this night that run by this river's flow I can use you if you're in the flame, I'm a growin' old" the girl is in a rush to love somebody and finds him suitable if he's willing. "And no this is not the summer dream she said It's just the drying of the lawns I want to leave out there" it isn't anything she views through rose-colored glass, it's just something that is happening. "Well I said I've sailed the frozen corners of the dark Atlantic Sea And I drifted on the waves and the mirage beneath And never have I felt such numb and pointless searchin' true As when I set my eyes on torched up lands of the mark of you" he has been searching for something - although nothing in particular - for way too long and hard, and when he finally "found" her, he decided that she was in his best interests and what he was looking for. "She said you follow me like sheep that think this king could do some harm But I tell you boy I'm frightened still with a sister's heart I set my eyes upon the shore whenever you wake up I'm leavin' because you don't feel what you're dreamin' of" he's shy about getting to know her or trying to love her because he's intimidated, but she feels the same way. she realizes this pursuit isn't worth it if this is how it's going to act, and that she'd rather waste her time when he actually proves that he wants a relationship. "But I will stand down in the hallway with no thought to leave the set Of a movie I will sure as hell not end just yet If evenings are for romance then this mornin' is for us It will never end and our last dream will leave this house" regardless of what she knows she should do, she doesn't fully forget about him and he's still in the back of her head...and most likely will be until they actually address each other. |
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