"Beauty of Uncertainty" as written by and Katie Tunstall....
I need a mirror,
In the eyes of a man,
I need no protection from my bullet proof plan
I've got a ticket,
For all that I lack,
You might think that I'm gone for good,
But I know that I'm comin' back
Sit at my table,
Sip from by bowl,
Feel like I know even now and I will do till I get old,
You might not see me,
But trust that I'll stay,
But there is no sense in traveling if we've already been that way,
Night is an adder
Hidden in grass
She bites like her life depends on it
And waits to see how long you last.
But you know better
You stand your ground
It might just sting a little
But she knows you're sticking around.
The beauty of uncertainty [Repeat: x7]
In the eyes of a man,
I need no protection from my bullet proof plan
I've got a ticket,
For all that I lack,
You might think that I'm gone for good,
But I know that I'm comin' back
Sit at my table,
Sip from by bowl,
Feel like I know even now and I will do till I get old,
You might not see me,
But trust that I'll stay,
But there is no sense in traveling if we've already been that way,
Night is an adder
Hidden in grass
She bites like her life depends on it
And waits to see how long you last.
But you know better
You stand your ground
It might just sting a little
But she knows you're sticking around.
The beauty of uncertainty [Repeat: x7]
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i love what this song means to me and ill selfishly keep that because its really hard to describe what it DOES mean to me.
i will say that the most brilliant line in the song is this:
you might think that im always gone, but i know that im coming back.
hidden in grass
she bites like her life depends on it
and waits to see how long you last
but you know better
you stand your ground
it might just sting a little
but she knows youre sticking around
Sip from my bowl.
Feel like I know you now
And I will do until I get old..
any description or explanation will take away from it..
it's the feeling it gives you, not something to understand..
it gave me the feeling and i still don't understand.. and maybe I'm wrong.
the meaning of the song has to fit into the meaning and them of the album as a whole, which a journey through peril and triumph, you get to where you want to be , but sometimes you have to make sacrifices and bad things happen along the road to being where you want to be.
this song for me is about basically about how sometimes it's better to be uncertain about something rather than know how its gonna turn out, like if its gonna turn out bad, you would rather not know in advance. it also could mean being somewhere, getting so far and then not knowing what to do to get past it. finally, i think its clever, because everyone is uncertain about the clear meaning of the song.
the best lyric in the song
'you might think that im gone for good, but i know that im coming back'
amazing. so powerful, a sense of triumph the way she sings it
a phenomenal song.
it's INCREDIBLE live!! and how she includes the loop pedal in the part where she repeats "the beauty of uncertainty" when she performed it at the gig i was at she started the song alone on stage and while she was looping and layering her voice to build and build the band came on stage and the suspense was amazing and then BAM this huge explosion of a masterpiece of a song!!
Either way, the rest of the song is beautiful and soul-stirring.
"Night is an adder"
Not matter.