Monday, March 07, 2011

pieces of us everywhere...




I think you´d like my new hair
I cut it when you weren´t there
That pieces of us everywhere
Were falling down
My bed is now a girl´s bed
Pink flowers under my head
And pillows on your side instead
Of you
´Cause that´s what single girls do
Don´t think about you
I´m reading books on meditation
Praying for my heart´s salvation
I´ve got the motivation
To be a free girl now
I´ve gone drinking with the guy down the hall
Put up a new color on my bare walls
I´m so damn busy
After all
´Cause that´s what single girls do
Don´t think about you
I keep trying
I keep trying
To make my way back to the light where I belong
But God keeps lying
God keeps lying
Saying this is for the best and nothing here is wrong

But I"m still thinking about you

I think you´d like my new hair
I cut it like I didn´t care
That pieces of me everywhere
Were falling down
One more glass of wine
Before I turn off the lights
This time I´ll be fine
I´ll be fine
I´ll be fine

Sometimes you hear a song so divine that upon hearing it for the first time, you hit rewind and play it over several times (or more). Such was the case for me with Single Girls. It's the kind of song that's poignantly dangerous. One that's emotionally barbed to hook into your heart. The video adds another layer that's just as powerful.

It comes from the first full length album by Dutch singer/songwriter Laura Jensen, Bells, an album that combines her first two EPs as well as adding a cover of the Kings of Leon song Use Somebody (a great cover by the way, possibly my second favorite song from the album). Jansen shines brightest on songs like Single Girls, where her vulnerability comes out, but the album as a whole is an excellent showcase of a voice emotionally expressive.







Visit her website, he label Decca Records, and become her friend on MySpace and Facebook.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

My eyes won't stop leaking. What a great, great, great song. Or maybe it is just me. I personally connect with every single line of this. Beautiful. Sad. True. Anthem? Yep.

Very nice, thanks.

Sean said...

Sorry to hit the nail square on the head for you.

It is beautiful though in its own tragic way.

Anonymous said...

oh well. that's the point, right?

hope there isn't a cap on the "replay" button... that's all im sayin

Sean said...

the point is piercing in this case.

listen away. sometimes it helps to hear someone else singing/sharing your problem.

Anonymous said...

i dont think it helps but who cares?

Sean said...

Truth. Sometimes it just drags you down deeper.

In which case, maybe you should listen to some ABBA.

Anonymous said...

ABBA? ABBA?! No.

I'd rather dig the hole deeper with some whiskey and Waits.

There will be no ABBA.

Anonymous said...

Scratch that "nothing compares to you" via crazy ass Sinead is where its at.

Sean said...

you're right. much better than ABBA

Anonymous said...

sarcasm?

Anonymous said...

apparently this laura does her own version of "use somebody" which happens to be a secret favorite of mine. she does it well too

(sorry for flooding your blog with comments. shutting up...)

now.

Sean said...

absolutely not a drop

Sean said...

She does do a lovely cover of that song, which is why I mentioned it above in the post (cough cough).

(no worries)

Anonymous said...

sorry...

Sean said...

not a problem!