i <3 alanis.
so i finally caved in and downloaded Alanis' new album.
i had been waiting to actually buy it, but then i found out she was coming to the Taft in october (!!!!), so i decided it couldn't wait any longer. i'll buy it when i have some extra money.
at first listen i didn't really know what i thought. it seemed... odd. but it is alanis, never know what to expect with her. and it's been 4 years since her last real album, so it only makes sense that she would change a bit.
but when you get right down to it, it's just like every other album she's released after jagged little pill.
at first i found the lyrics to be not as, oh i don't know, deep? but then some stupid shit happened and i was just laying on the futon, with the album on repeat, and suddenly, the lyrics started popping out. and perhaps they aren't as convoluted and intense as previous albums, and at first listen seem rather simple and cliche, but at that moment, i felt like i was inside her head, that i was feeling her feelings.
the simplicity of some of the songs actually make me feel like this was a very vulnerable album for her.
or maybe i am just in a place where i can identify with the types of feelings this album puts off.
which .... kinda sucks in all honesty. but whatever. i love her anyways, even if she does make me identify with sad songs.
which leads me to posting a song, because, let's face it, it's what i do.
this song kills me. slays me dead. and it's beautiful.
Not As We
Reborn and shivering
Spat out on new terrain
Unsure unconvincing
This faint and shaky hour
Day one day one start over again
Step one step one
I'm barely making sense for now
I'm faking it I'm pseudo making it
From scratch begin again but this time I as i
And not as we
Gun shy and quivering
Timid without a hand
Feign brave with steel intent
little and hardly here
Day one day one start over again
Step one step one
with not much making sense just yet
I'm faking it til I'm pseudo making it
From scratch begin again but this time I as i
And not as we
Eyes wet toward
Wide open frayed
If God's taking bets
I pray He wants to lose
Day one day one start over again
Step one step one
I'm barely making sense just yet
I'm faking it til I'm pseudo making it
From scratch begin again but this time I as I
And not as we
i had been waiting to actually buy it, but then i found out she was coming to the Taft in october (!!!!), so i decided it couldn't wait any longer. i'll buy it when i have some extra money.
at first listen i didn't really know what i thought. it seemed... odd. but it is alanis, never know what to expect with her. and it's been 4 years since her last real album, so it only makes sense that she would change a bit.
but when you get right down to it, it's just like every other album she's released after jagged little pill.
at first i found the lyrics to be not as, oh i don't know, deep? but then some stupid shit happened and i was just laying on the futon, with the album on repeat, and suddenly, the lyrics started popping out. and perhaps they aren't as convoluted and intense as previous albums, and at first listen seem rather simple and cliche, but at that moment, i felt like i was inside her head, that i was feeling her feelings.
the simplicity of some of the songs actually make me feel like this was a very vulnerable album for her.
or maybe i am just in a place where i can identify with the types of feelings this album puts off.
which .... kinda sucks in all honesty. but whatever. i love her anyways, even if she does make me identify with sad songs.
which leads me to posting a song, because, let's face it, it's what i do.
this song kills me. slays me dead. and it's beautiful.
Not As We
Reborn and shivering
Spat out on new terrain
Unsure unconvincing
This faint and shaky hour
Day one day one start over again
Step one step one
I'm barely making sense for now
I'm faking it I'm pseudo making it
From scratch begin again but this time I as i
And not as we
Gun shy and quivering
Timid without a hand
Feign brave with steel intent
little and hardly here
Day one day one start over again
Step one step one
with not much making sense just yet
I'm faking it til I'm pseudo making it
From scratch begin again but this time I as i
And not as we
Eyes wet toward
Wide open frayed
If God's taking bets
I pray He wants to lose
Day one day one start over again
Step one step one
I'm barely making sense just yet
I'm faking it til I'm pseudo making it
From scratch begin again but this time I as I
And not as we