Bit of a reference to Blackberry Stone, where Laura Marling responds to one of Noah and the Whales earlier songs, Hold My Hand as its Lowered. She changes the words to Hold My Hand to say that while she will be sad that she won't hold his hand, 'the world does what it does'- The world referring to they NatW lyric "Well, I fell in love with the world in you"..
Kind of like saying, you fell in love with who I am, so you should respect my right to act as I do- if that be breaking up with you for the following reasons..
She sings:
And you never did learn to let the little things go
And you never did learn to let me be
And you never did learn to let little people grow
And you never did learn how to see
So its kind of hard not to see-
Well I heard you been singing
Well I was, what I am
Well I never tried to change you, honey I'm your biggest fan
and I loved you back then
but I don't recognize you now
As a bit of a reference. The 'I don't recognise you now' is interesting as Charlie Fink had produced her debut album, then they broke up and she released Blackberry stone as a B side (only for it to get onto the next album). I Speak is so different to Alas that I suppose you could see as it as her moving away from Fink's style and closer to her own (or Mumford's) style?
Bit of a reference to Blackberry Stone, where Laura Marling responds to one of Noah and the Whales earlier songs, Hold My Hand as its Lowered. She changes the words to Hold My Hand to say that while she will be sad that she won't hold his hand, 'the world does what it does'- The world referring to they NatW lyric "Well, I fell in love with the world in you".. Kind of like saying, you fell in love with who I am, so you should respect my right to act as I do- if that be breaking up with you for the following reasons..
She sings: And you never did learn to let the little things go And you never did learn to let me be And you never did learn to let little people grow And you never did learn how to see
So its kind of hard not to see-
Well I heard you been singing Well I was, what I am Well I never tried to change you, honey I'm your biggest fan and I loved you back then but I don't recognize you now
As a bit of a reference. The 'I don't recognise you now' is interesting as Charlie Fink had produced her debut album, then they broke up and she released Blackberry stone as a B side (only for it to get onto the next album). I Speak is so different to Alas that I suppose you could see as it as her moving away from Fink's style and closer to her own (or Mumford's) style?