¤ milky moon ¤

you can listen to it here:

http://joannanewsomfashion.tumblr.com already posted what they can decipher of the lyrics, and i made a few changes (that are probably not right, so bear with me):

if I had the space of half a day ..
I’m ashamed of half the things I say..
I’m ashamed to have.. this way..
well I desire to make amends.

but it don’t make no difference now,
and no one’s listening anyhow,
and lists of sins and a solemn vow
can’t make you any friends

there’s an old trick played when the light and the wine
conspire to make me think I’m fine.
I’m not but I have got half a mind
.. to maybe get there yet

when the sky goes pink in Paris, France,
do you think of the girl who used to dance?
when you framed the moment within your hands
saying, this I won’t forget.

what happened to the man you were
when you loved somebody before her?
did you die, or does that man endure somewhere far away?

but lives come easy and the lives come hard,
and we carry them like a pack of cards.
some we don’t use, but we don’t discard,
and we keep for a rainy day.

Ah, we were competing! I posted this, but I deleted it. My lyrics sucked compared to these anyway.

My only thoughts:

I’m ashamed to have come out/back this way..

It kinda sounds like a mix of the two and both sorta make sense, so I dunno.

I love this song. It's so cutesy-country-ish.

This is what I hear. I think it should be "I'm not, but I have got half a mind" but I have played it several times and I still hear "we." Maybe she sang that part wrong? *shrug*

If I half the space of half a day
I'm ashamed of half the things I say
I'm ashamed to have to laugh this way
Well I desire to make amends

But it don't make no difference now
And no one's listening anyhow
And lists of sins and solemn vows
Can't make you any friends

There's an old trick played when the light and the wine
Conspire to make me think I'm fine
I'm not, but we have got half a mind
To maybe get there yet

When the sky goes pink in Paris, France
Do you think of the girl who used to dance
When you'd frame her moving within your hands
Saying, "this I won't forget"

What happened to the man you were
When you loved somebody before her?
Did you die, or does that man endure
Somewhere far away?

The lives come easy and the lives come hard
And we carry them like a pack of cards
Some we don't use but we don't discard
Yeah, we keep for a rainy day

this song is beautiful. those lyrics really got to me. god damnit, that woman can write.

Alt video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq7fZajadUY

Probably some of the most touching lyrics she's ever written - a gorgeous song!. Judging from the new songs, Joanna seems quite interested in semi existentialist subjects at the moment, whereas HOOM seemed to be more about love. It all seems to be about death and mortality in some way, which is something I could really get into.

I agree about the lyrics. This song gives me goosebumps.

I don't really have anything useful to say other than I think that it's beautiful. I'm pretty certain she's a genius.

Beautiful.

Beautiful song.

Title: Pack of Cards? Half a Day?

Rainy Day, anyone?

I'm not as keen on this one and the other one (something about despair?) - they're nice, but there's not as much about the melodies that really grab me as much as some of the stuff we heard before Ys and HOOM came out. I do adore The Diver's Wife though.

In case anyone is interested (from what I can hear):

C G
If I half the space of half a day
C C F
I'm ashamed of half the things I say
C C F
I'm ashamed to have to laugh this way
F G Am
Well I desire to make amends

Am - G - C

I love how it ends, with the musical saw and the reversed singing!

I didn't catch that at first but it fits perfectly, as the song is placed in the middle of an album that - apart from the loop structure (Time, as a symptom / Anecdotes) - seems to be very concerned with the concept of time in general. And than there is the "time moves both ways" bit in "Time, as a symptom"!

What a song !

Why only 2 little minutes long ?!!