Blindfold

I think Skye is singing about being separated from the man she loves- 3 months in here, etc. She says their love is all that stands now, which I think means that they don't have anything else- no communication, no physical contact- so if anything makes them hold on, if anything is left, it is their love. She says the streets feel strange, just look at my face, knee-deep in blood... I've been apart from the one I love now for almost 4 months and I still have another 8 more to go, and the streets do feel strange, I feel out of place, and knee-deep in blood. She's right when she says she's "mad to love you, and your evil curse". It can be like a curse when you love someone so much but can't see them or talk to them...

I have never found a song to describe exactly how I feel - besides this one.

as this song demonstrates, the godfrey brothers definitely know what they're doing in the studio. they recruited a singer with a nice, smooth voice to complement their mellow grooves. and apart from writing a catchy song for skye edwards to sing, it's their craftsmanship as producers that really makes this song great for me--there are so many immaculately recorded layers of different sounds that complement each other incredibly well. take the guitars. there's nothing special about the guitar playing on here, but all the guitar tracks are well constructed and just sound phenomenal: the rhythmic acoustic guitar is played with a nice punch to it, the electric guitar during the chorus has a great crunchy sound that really articulates the rhythm, and there's a great dual guitar solo where a second guitar uses the first guitar part as a jumping off point. i also really like the samples and scratching effects that punctuate this song, but the real icing on the cake for me is the string section, especially during the chorus. whoever scored the strings wrote a really nice counterpoint to the vocal melody and guitar rhythm. in fact, the strings are so awesome that "blindfold" is one of only two songs that make me look like a dork when i rock out to it because i'll be playing air violin (nico's "i'll keep it with mine" is the other song that makes me want to bust out the air violin, in case anyone was curious).