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kaigou
"" (Watch on YouTube)
Longer post coming soon, but this has been on near-constant repeat since I got the album.
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Date:
19 Jan 2014 02:27 pm (UTC)
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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.
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19 Jan 2014 04:26 pm (UTC)
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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).
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19 Jan 2014 03:16 pm (UTC)
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annotated_em
God yes. That one has been in heavy rotation for me, too.
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19 Jan 2014 04:27 pm (UTC)
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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.
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19 Jan 2014 05:14 pm (UTC)
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umadoshi
Mmm, I really love that song. *^^*
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Date: 19 Jan 2014 02:27 pm (UTC)"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.
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