By living more in the moment, his thoughts became lighter and issues more graspable. But the most heavy of his thoughts or isues weren’t settled or dealt with.
The ordinary things might point to reality the way it shows itself (a natural wave in contrast to abstract thoughts), and/or the graspable, concrete issues of his live. He tried to view his life directly and without hesitation, self-sabotage
The lightness of verse in the whole of the lyrics seems to indicate a sort of self-acceptance, and between the lines, an acceptance even of dead or suicide in the case of defeat.
In the light of his style of songwriting, in the last years as Smog and then under his own name, also his lyrics and musical style became more concrete, harmonic and less obscure, though still with his typical sharp edges, both in words and music…
By living more in the moment, his thoughts became lighter and issues more graspable. But the most heavy of his thoughts or isues weren’t settled or dealt with. The ordinary things might point to reality the way it shows itself (a natural wave in contrast to abstract thoughts), and/or the graspable, concrete issues of his live. He tried to view his life directly and without hesitation, self-sabotage The lightness of verse in the whole of the lyrics seems to indicate a sort of self-acceptance, and between the lines, an acceptance even of dead or suicide in the case of defeat.
In the light of his style of songwriting, in the last years as Smog and then under his own name, also his lyrics and musical style became more concrete, harmonic and less obscure, though still with his typical sharp edges, both in words and music…