But what does being depressed at a party have to do with the lines, "Get, get the line down?" Even if you don't take it as literal interpretation of song-writing, you must admit that the singer is struggling to articulate something but she's having a hard time which is why she repeats "get the line down".
Another explanation could be the difference between writing songs for Metric and writing more personal songs like she does for this solo project. She's just trying to get the line down, but she's afraid her fans or the general public won't get it, hence someone urging her to use her "baby talk" instead. Not to rip on Metric, because I love them, but the songs she has written for that band are definitely not as heavy or as personal than the songs on this album. She wants to express her grief, to write the song, to get it out, but she's worried it's too much.
I agree with your point on blue not being blue at all but brown. I wonder if this has anything to do with "this fog"? Metric has a lot of songs about the "blues" but this feeling is more intense than the blues - it's brown. I like to think of it as a leaf in the fall that turns brown and brittle, but that's probably because at first I thought she sang "this fall" instead of "this fog." :)
But what does being depressed at a party have to do with the lines, "Get, get the line down?" Even if you don't take it as literal interpretation of song-writing, you must admit that the singer is struggling to articulate something but she's having a hard time which is why she repeats "get the line down".
Another explanation could be the difference between writing songs for Metric and writing more personal songs like she does for this solo project. She's just trying to get the line down, but she's afraid her fans or the general public won't get it, hence someone urging her to use her "baby talk" instead. Not to rip on Metric, because I love them, but the songs she has written for that band are definitely not as heavy or as personal than the songs on this album. She wants to express her grief, to write the song, to get it out, but she's worried it's too much.
I agree with your point on blue not being blue at all but brown. I wonder if this has anything to do with "this fog"? Metric has a lot of songs about the "blues" but this feeling is more intense than the blues - it's brown. I like to think of it as a leaf in the fall that turns brown and brittle, but that's probably because at first I thought she sang "this fall" instead of "this fog." :)