I remember becoming almost competely obsessed with White Chalk when it came out (ten year ago, Gosh!) as I had never heard anything like it before. It was very dark, very minimalistic but also very sensual and seductive in a morbid way. And of course hauntingly beautiful and personal. 'Silence' has always been my favorite as I was (and to a certain extent I still am) a person who often thinks like the narrator of the song. I like visiting places where something amazing (or terrible) had happened to me - and be sad about it. I also miss people with the paralyzing fear that they don't miss me back and left my life for good. My head is also very often buzzing with a myriad of doubts, fears, ambitions, thoughts and memories... At a certain point I can only do what PJ does in this song: shout 'SILENCE' at the top of my lungs (inside my head or otherwise) to finally find some rest. From myself.
This is a really special song to me.
I remember becoming almost competely obsessed with White Chalk when it came out (ten year ago, Gosh!) as I had never heard anything like it before. It was very dark, very minimalistic but also very sensual and seductive in a morbid way. And of course hauntingly beautiful and personal. 'Silence' has always been my favorite as I was (and to a certain extent I still am) a person who often thinks like the narrator of the song. I like visiting places where something amazing (or terrible) had happened to me - and be sad about it. I also miss people with the paralyzing fear that they don't miss me back and left my life for good. My head is also very often buzzing with a myriad of doubts, fears, ambitions, thoughts and memories... At a certain point I can only do what PJ does in this song: shout 'SILENCE' at the top of my lungs (inside my head or otherwise) to finally find some rest. From myself.
A brilliant record and a deeply beautiful song.