I discovered the song by accident, you know, one of those random radio stations on Spotify kind of things. ANYWHO! I am obsessed and find myself playing it while walking in between classes and writing papers. The lyrics are sparse but well chosen and lovely. I don't want love...except from The Antlers, of course.
We wake up with pounding heads,
Bruised down below.
I should have built better walls,
Or slept in my clothes.
So if I see you again,
Desperate and stoned,
Keep your prison locked up,
And I will leave my gun at home.
I don't want love.
I don't want love.
I have been listening to the Dear Science album a lot lately. My favorites are Love Dog, Halfway Home, and Family Tree. The lyrics in Family Tree are amazing and honestly endearing. Lead singer Tunde Adebimpe does a great job on vocals. The melody is haunting which makes me love it a little bit more.
Under my love
Wake up to your window
The day calls in billows
It's echoing moonlight on to the blue nightmare of your heart
In cozy red rainbow
It's shaking off halos
And the memory of our sacred so and so's
Another accidental gem. I play this frequently while studying or cooking in the kitchen. Singer Kristian Matsson has amazing vocals that reminds me of a weird wounded Swedish Bob Dylan (don't ask why). The lyrics are amazing on its own but the instrumentation only adds more depth. A staple in any playlist.
And as the early sign of dawn of thunder I see you stir the fog around
And when you find the boys and gears of sunset we'll hear that high and lonesome sound, oh
And I will question every wind if they gone through the glow of your eyes
Oh, you're just a riddle in the sky
Oh, where do my bluebird fly?
I first heard this song while watching Celeste and Jesse Forever, which is an amazing movie! Ugh! Favorite movie ever, but that's for another list. Sunny Levine provided a lot of the music for the film and this one just happens to be my favorite. I happen to listen to it a lot when I'm riding the bus.
Nobody's saying nothing at all
Baby why don't you break down the walls
A little something to brace the fall
Somebody help me place my call
Writing for one of my classes, I had to make a playlist so that I had the energy and inspiration to write over 20 pages of script every week. This one was chosen in a random shuffle and ever since then, it has been in the majority of my mixes and playlists. Jessica Lea Mayfield has a gorgeous voice without any of the fancy frills that other female singers have. Armed with a simple guitar, this song is more powerful than a thousand Def Leppard songs (Oh, yeah. I went there).
I don't know the meaning of love
But I know the meaning of fear
What will I do when that day comes
And I don't have you here
Another one from the almighty shuffle button. All songs have stories, but I love when stories become songs (if that makes sense). This is a cute one about seeing someone you fall in love with instantly because of the music that they like (story of my life, psh). It's a great song to play in the car while you're on your way to the record store to possibly meet your next lover.
So comfortably comfortably comfortably stuck in my own world
You can call it a dream world, the day that you came in.
I was watching you, watching me, watching you sit at the table
In your hand is a copy of the record laying in my bag.
I have a passionate love and am a follower of Patti Smith. I adore her with every fiber of my little heart and I would love nothing more than to meet her and talk to her about her life experiences. I got the Horses album on vinyl and have been playing it on my tiny record player in San Francisco whenever I get the chance to go back home. One of my favorites is Free Money, a song about providing for loved ones. Since it was hard for Patti to make ends meet when she first moved to New York, I feel like I'm getting closer to knowing her every time I hit play.
Find a ticket, win a lottery,
Scoop the pearls up from the sea
Cash them in and buy you all the things you need.
Every night before I rest my head
See those dollar bills go swirling 'round my bed.
I know they're stolen, but I don't feel bad.
I take that money, buy you things you never had.
I like several Cure songs but the one that tops the list is Disintegration. With a catchy beat and dark poetic lyrics that flow effortlessly from the painted red lips of Robert Smith, this song is sure to get me singing terribly along in the shower (along with some jazz hands). I cannot get enough of it and am considering making a CD mix for my housemates to listen to because this song has to be in everyone's music collection.
But I never said I would stay to the end so I
Leave you with babies and hoping for frequency
Screaming like this in the hope of the secrecy
Screaming me over and over and over I leave
You with photographs pictures of trickery
Stains on the carpet and stains on the scenery
Songs about happiness murmured in dreams
When we both us knew how the ending would be
Leave you with babies and hoping for frequency
Screaming like this in the hope of the secrecy
Screaming me over and over and over I leave
You with photographs pictures of trickery
Stains on the carpet and stains on the scenery
Songs about happiness murmured in dreams
When we both us knew how the ending would be
Keep on keeping on!
Erika
The Deer and Fox Club
