12/26
Everyone should go to Kimya Dawson's web site and download (and listen to) her new song 12/26.
I have liked her music for a couple years now, but I guess I can't claim to be a "fan" because I only recently bought a second album of hers. I couldn't justify buying it before because, as great as they are, I really couldn't tell them apart.
After hearing her new song though, I will will surely get her new album.
From the songs I had heard of her in the past, I have held her up as my empathy-hero. While I try so hard to understand how other people look at or are feeling about a situation or issue, frankly I suck at it. Her songs though always make it so obvious (and always make me feel so deliciously guilty about how few real problems I have in my life.)
Some lyrics from 12/16, but you have to hear them sung to really appreciate them:
one of her babies is rotting in the sun And the other one was found drowned in the ocean Her mom and dad are in their van crushed and bloated And her husband was thrown from his fishing boatSo please give me a break from all your complaining
About who was mean to you and how your stepdad is a pain
I care, I swear, but I just can't take it, not today
All I can think about are tsunamis and earthquakesEverything she's ever known is gone, gone, gone
Everyone she's ever loved is gone, gone, gone
The only reason she's alive is
She grabbed a palm frond, and held on
And held onWe'd have 12/26 tattoed across our foreheads
If something this atrocious happened on our coast instead
Well a tragedy's a tragedy no matter where it happens
Close your eyes really tight and imagine
That everything you've ever known is gone
And everyone you've ever loved is gone
And the only reason you're alive
Is you were lucky and you were strong enough to hold on
While you watched your family die
While you watched your family die
While you watched your family die
While you watched your family die
Comments
beautiful! Checked out all her songs. Perfect for my sunny day in malmö. Thank you :0)
Posted by: rebecca | March 21, 2006 09:24 PM