| Angel Olsen – Drunk and with Dreams Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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it's impossible to separate the lyrics of this song from the unadulterated quality of her voice, sometimes afloat and other times undulating under the sea. The guitar riff sounds very familiar, very old country, I think of pirates gathered round the fire, she really takes you to another time. I think I fell in love with her yodelling at 'I'll be the one" it doesn't sound kitsch, it's sincere and haunting. It's such a visual, floating song, it pulls you under it's tide like the sea. But I think it's about destroying yourself with nostalgia, a dangerous state where your thoughts can seem lucid and accurate but you're dislocated from reality. Some things only make sense when your blind drunk but then you have to ask yourself is it really worth it? That's why I think there's an element of self-mockery throughout, laughing at your drunk self. I interpret the image of fire and water as the conflict of desire and memories |
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