In his KEXP live recording of the song Bonnie 'Prince' Billy said "Night noises always reminds me of- I feel like I go back to Maurice Sendak's book 'In the Night Kitchen' all of the time."
The track reminds me of the dualism between night and day, things which might not occur often during the day are commonplace at night. The day provides warmth, security, and predictability, while the night brings a world of shadows, and questions- perhaps it is this uncertainty which makes some people feel more alive at night. Perhaps it's also the unstructured nature of the night that makes people this way, as daytime could be seen as the human hours and nighttime is a world of shadows- a boundary between the living and the dead.
In his KEXP live recording of the song Bonnie 'Prince' Billy said "Night noises always reminds me of- I feel like I go back to Maurice Sendak's book 'In the Night Kitchen' all of the time."
The track reminds me of the dualism between night and day, things which might not occur often during the day are commonplace at night. The day provides warmth, security, and predictability, while the night brings a world of shadows, and questions- perhaps it is this uncertainty which makes some people feel more alive at night. Perhaps it's also the unstructured nature of the night that makes people this way, as daytime could be seen as the human hours and nighttime is a world of shadows- a boundary between the living and the dead.