absolutely obsessed with lorde
since this blog is called the appreciator, i have to write about my latest obsession – lorde, the 16 year old singer/songwriter from new zealand. i am absolutely blown away by her sound + lyrics. her debut album is amazing from top to bottom and i listen to it so loud driving to and from work that people have to think i’m a bit nuts. how in the hell-o can someone that young have such deep, creative lyrics?
now, if you are one of those people that just enjoys a good beat, then you probably won’t like this. but if you get into lyrics and oddity and unsymmetrical poetry – then you won’t be able to put this down like a never-ending delicious book. here are the lyrics to one of my favorite’s called ‘team’. i can already picture the lyrics sketched on a big white wall in my dream office space.
Wait ’til you’re announced
We’ve not yet lost all our graces
The hounds will stay in chains
Look upon your greatness
That you’ll send the call out
(Send the call out [15x])
Call all the ladies out
They’re in their finery
A hundred jewels on throats
A hundred jewels between teeth
Now bring my boys in
Their skin in craters like the moon
The moon we love like a brother, while he glows through the room
Dancin’ around the lies we tell
Dancin’ around big eyes as well
Even the comatose they don’t dance and tell
[Chorus]
We live in cities you’ll never see on screen
Not very pretty, but we sure know how to run free
Living in ruins of the palace within my dreams
And you know, we’re on each other’s team
I’m kind of over getting told to throw my hands up in the air, so there
So all the cups got broke shards beneath our feet but it wasn’t my fault
And everyone’s competing for a love they won’t receive
‘Cause what this palace wants is release
[Chorus]
I’m kind of over getting told to throw my hands up in the air
So there
I’m kinda older than I was when I revelled without a care
So there
[Chorus]
here is the song:
here’s a great video about her. watch this and then compare ( i had to briefly…) her to someone with the initials MC. who is the artist?
I too am a bit obsessed with this young girl with the voice and lyrics of a much more experienced person. Experience is subjective though, and in creative types, the period of time between childhood and adulthood is a time of intense feelings, fast thoughts and ideas, and the result is that a lot of (subjective) living gets done in a short time. I find her voice haunting and powerful. She will have a brilliant career if she can remain focused on retaining the intensity of the thoughts and feelings which went into the creation of this body of work. Nuff Said!
I agree! I heard some smack talk this morning on how people don’t believe she is 17 years old. That she has slipped and said things that indicate that. Oh, the naysayers!!