Everest Lyrics
the refreshed feeling spiritually you feel after a meditation, or when you begin to explore new opossibilities on why lif is what it is... philosophical mood i supose
this is one of my favorite examples of Ani DiFranco's poetic super-powers.
so i take a few steps back
and put on a wider lens
and it changes your skin,
your sex, and what your wearing
Wow, she captured the essence of solidarity perfectly. as someone who has devoted a large chunk of his adult life to furthuring human rights causes, this song reminds me why i care. as different as we think we are in the slurry of the day-to-day, "still the world is smoother/ than a shiny ball-bearing".
I have a live version of this song where she prefaces it by saying "This song comes from a place of, just a moment, when you're just okay with everything, just okay with everybody and everything, it's all worth it."
And I think that's pretty much spot on, from the goddess herself.
I adore that version, she just sets the scene so beautifully! I think it's the Atlanta concert? Awesome :)
I adore that version, she just sets the scene so beautifully! I think it's the Atlanta concert? Awesome :)
i'm especially affected by the way she sings that little part at about 2:50, starting with "and through the open window" where her voice does this little crescendo thing and is just soaring at that level for the next few lines. more volume, more urgency, i guess i would describe it? anyway those 20 seconds are my little piece of paradise in this song.
btw IWantWindToBlow, thanks for the sharing the tidbit.
I've always seen the song as a change of perspective, as it starts out "from the depth of the pacific, to the height of everest" and then ends as "from the height of the pacific, to the depths of everest".
And it's cool to hear what she's said about the song, since when, in my experience, I'm content, I have better "eyes" to see things how they are, which is usually not how they're conventionally seen.
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