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Hazey Jane I Lyrics
Do you curse where you come from,
Do you swear in the night
Will it mean much to you
If I treat you right.
Do you like what you're doing,
Would you do it some more
Or will you stop once and wonder
What you're doing it for.
Hey slow Jane, make sense
Slow, slow, Jane, cross the fence.
Do you feel like a remnant
Of something that's past
Do you find things are moving
Just a little too fast.
Do you hope to find new ways
Of quenching your thirst,
Do you hope to find new ways
Of doing better than your worst.
Hey slow Jane, let me prove
Slow, slow Jane, we're on the move.
Do it for you,
Sure that you would do the same for me one day.
So try to be true,
Even if it's only in your hazey way.
Can you tell if you're moving
With no mirror to see,
If you're just riding a new man
Looks a little like me.
Is it all so confusing,
Is it hard to believe
When the winter is coming
Can you sign up and leave.
Hey slow Jane, clear your eye
Slow, slow jane, fly on by.
we all live two lifes, one in front of the world, other inside ourselves, music to me is the language that establishes this second kind of relationship and thanks to folks like Nick Drake, Mark Kozelek, Jeff Buckley, Chan Marshall, Benjaminn Gibbard etcetcetc I feel a lot sane than what I used to be. Hazey Jane i is the most sensible words I've ever read or listen to. Give a good time to Nick and you will know why I'm saying this. His work is beyond the music the lyrics, it goes somewhere deeper. Repeat: This song is more about judging yourself (the word is introspective) not like other music nu-metal posers cursing entire world etcetc.
well said, Courtingblues. Wow, you said that six years ago, yet your comment resonates so clearly right now. It's a timeless clarity, and a timeless fogginess that, I believe, underlies the essence of humanity, embraced in a song like "Hazey Jane." I can't tell you how often I listen to that song.... all of Drake's songs, and think about my own mindset. Buckley too. As for the other artists you've mentioned, I am not familiar, but am definitely going to do a little listen for them. Jackson Browne is another I feel this way...
well said, Courtingblues. Wow, you said that six years ago, yet your comment resonates so clearly right now. It's a timeless clarity, and a timeless fogginess that, I believe, underlies the essence of humanity, embraced in a song like "Hazey Jane." I can't tell you how often I listen to that song.... all of Drake's songs, and think about my own mindset. Buckley too. As for the other artists you've mentioned, I am not familiar, but am definitely going to do a little listen for them. Jackson Browne is another I feel this way about. His lyrics might seem self-evidently like love-loss stories, but I think, I feel that they are more of self-reflections.
I've been looking for this song for awhile. Part of it was in a friend's profile and I couldn't figure out what song it was from. I found it though. Nick drake is great.
@tallgrl45 Youre great ;P
@tallgrl45 Youre great ;P
this song makes me sad, but it's so good
so stirring and lovely, both he and the song.
These are a myriad of ways people can feel lost in the world, and Drake says to slow... not bad advice
Holy crap this song makes me so sad, but a good kind of hopeful sad.
"Will it mean much to you if I treat you right?" SO BEAUTIFUL.
to me this song is about a girl who gets lost in weed and doesn't find any reason to be sober because being high feels so much better. So she finds somebody who she can be high with (guy) and sleep with him because she needs to feel like she is wanted.