12-18-18
Truthfully, I started with a completely different song today, but when the time came to sit down and reconcile what I was feeling with what I was seeing, I couldn’t find the same connection to the first song. I was fortunate my lovely wife seemed to remember this song quite quickly, like magik through the ether.
I remember seeing Daughter for the first time. It was about 2 in the morning and I was standing on a pier in Barcelona. There was this odd mist that was coming in off the coast, it mixed perfectly with the smoke emanating off the stages. It was Primavera Sound 2013, and though this was the smallest stage at the festival, this specific set had to have been filled to capacity.
Most every Daughter song comes with a lofty wistfulness; a feeling of hope tied intimately with defeat and loss. There’s very little I’ve had to relate this feeling to besides the destruction of the ego. Reconciling the true spirit within that has more or less been encased by a societally crafted shell. It’s only in understanding our deepest voices that we can begin to see the reflections of our greatest selves.
Lyrics:(It should be noted Sigur Ros sings in Hopelandic however these lyrics came up frequently… I liked them, so here they are)
Ooh, ohh..
And I.. [x3]
And I, and you..
And you, let it go..
And I, let it go..