come on out

[kaigou]

"" (Watch on YouTube)

Longer post coming soon, but this has been on near-constant repeat since I got the album.

Comments

[brainwane]

I am especially interested in how Teng specifically contrasts certain kinds of external and internal sources of strength or wisdom:

"there will be no sign from above. / you’ll only hear the knock knock knock of your own heart as signal."

"let your faith die. / bring your wonder."

But then:

"yes, you are only one. / no, it is not enough /but if you lift your eyes, I am your brother."

A followup to her Atheist's Christmas Carol kinda - our strength is in ourselves and each other laterally, not in a hierarchy.

[kaigou]

I can't think of a song of hers that doesn't have such elegant contrasts in quick phrases. She's an incredibly evocative lyricist, who doesn't just lean on music to do the heavy-lifting (though her music is equally evocative, too).

[annotated_em]

God yes. That one has been in heavy rotation for me, too.

[kaigou]

Pretty much the entire album, but especially this one and "The Breaking Light", since that one captures the feeling of the story I've been writing.

[umadoshi]

Mmm, I really love that song. *^^*