This song is just..good lord.. 10 years ago I took a trip to Eastern Europe with my ex. We were fighting pretty bad at the time, but we had already bought the tickets so we just decided to bite the bullet and go. Him and his mom spent a lot of time with eachother and I just trailed behind. All I had on me was this album on a CD. I listened to this song on repeat while I traveled through Prague, Vienna, Budapest and Berlin. It was incredible and this song always brings me to tears. A true fairy tale.
Watch out, though! She gets them mixed up! Which I think is one of the beautiful points of the song -- Joanna's sister is an astrophysicist in real life, and she is not. Though she tries her best to remember which is which, she still gets it wrong in the end. It's a symptom of the growing distance between her and her sister.
Because of her sister skipping rocks, I think she actually DOESN'T mix them up. The metroid lies in offer to her sister, ready to be skipped across the sky.
One of the most genius aspects of the song, imo. Highlighting the skill gap between her and her dear sister in their separate disciplines. Emily likely did not explain the heuristics incorrectly, but almost certainly couldn't put them to verse with such poignant beauty as Joanna. Genius
Holy cow! It's like she writes a novel, then sings the whole book!! lol But the thing is the novel is great and the music sounds wonderful! She's an intellectual and a great musician.
So, basically every song from Ys is my favorite song. I will never forget the first time I heard Emily! I wish I had a sister so bad when I listen to this. The love she has for her sister & family is boundless!
". . . and everything thing with wings is restless, aimless, drunk and dour. the butterflies and birds collide at hot, ungodly hours. And my clay-colored motherlessness rangily reclines- come on home, now! all my bones are dolorous with vines." Poetry.
Once I was listening to this masterpiece while I was going home and I just felt so emotional, and started shivering, I swear I almost cried. There's so much emotion in her words, intensity in the instruments played... I simply fell in love with this song, in many ways, even though I couldn't understand the lyrics very clearly when I listened to it for the first time. After reading and understanding, figuring out the little details and metaphores, it's already one of my favorites. :) Just hope that in the future people compose wonderful and magical music like this one.
I'll be honest. I got the album recommended by someone but couldn't understand much so I looked for the songs with lyrics (which led me here). I cannot focus enough to read them. I got the idea of the message by the comments of you guys. I feel really stupid but I cannot enjoy this piece. I'm trying for the sake of the person who recommended it to me.
The first time I heard this song, it was overwhelming, but I listened to it a few more times and fell in love. So, give it a few goes over a week. But, don't feel bad if it doesn't end up being your cup of tea either. :)
I listened to The Milk-Eyed Mender to death when it came out and kind of put Ys when it came out. The album grew on me though, and Emily still remains my favourite song of hers. There is just something about this song that it brings you down into it, then drags you back out of it. Like the highs and lows of a mountain range.
This is so beautiful. I was sobbing through the entire thing. My heart was hurting with joy. I love Joanna. My first female role-model and my first concert -3
I can't get over how brilliant she is. Her music is beautiful, the arrangements are beautiful, the words, beautiful. I want to quote her, but I can't begin to pick just one or two lines. They're all so good!
This song sums up the relationship between the soul and the human body in the most beautiful way I've ever experienced. This masterpiece literally reveals something new to me every single time I listen to it.
This is one of my favourite songs. But the verse about meteoroids etc. is not scientifically correct, and it's not a matter of being in order or not. What is described as a meteoroid is meteorite and vice versa. A meteorite is a rock found on Earth that got here by surviving its fall through the atmosphere. It is inert. Before it hit the atmosphere, it was a meteoroid. Meteoroids are not inert, lying in wait. Perhaps it's a shame... as far as remembering a rule through rhyming goes. But maybe it's not meant to be correct? It doesn't ruin the song. It's also not correct to say that fire is propelling a meteoroid, but who cares about that one?
...Remembering that she also has to be told about the Ladle one hundred times... and while "the mess [she's] in" is more likely reference to something else, it may serve a double purpose as the following line here. Space isn't her thing. Poetry is.
+Roberta Tallienne The meteoroid is in the void (orbiting Earth). The meteor's just what we see (as a shooting star). The meteorite is the rock that sits tight (devoid of the fire that propelled it to thee).
Was just watching a film about bicycle racing and one of the racer is Emily Newsom.. who’s about 2 years younger and plays piano. Yep that’s her sister. Here’s the link: m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AwA6dcLwW1I.html
It's not necessarily wrong though. If you take it as a chronological description of the process, it's a meteorite, then a meteor, then a meteoroid. That's clearly wrong. If you reverse the order: It's first devoid of fire, then it's a visible light, then it's just what had caused the light. A meteoroid, a meteor and a meteorite. She just sings it in a different order. It's not a chronological description, but that doesn't mean it's wrong.
Some people have told me they thought Joanna sounded like Macy Gray. I have to say I can see some similarity although only in short occasional bursts. Maybe that's why some might think she sounds "black" ?
