A lyrically simple song about loss, but musically complex. Each chorus and verse is only 7 measures, an atypical pattern that pushes the song forward quickly. Recognize the song from earlier in the album?
lyrics
Sure as rain will fall on down, I know when you lie.
When you told me how your plan was different.
I fear before I fill this you-shaped hole I'll die.
And maybe in a different world I might try.
A feather in your yankee cap, I blow away.
You cut me so much deeper this time.
How much more did you bore this you-shaped hole I hide?
A cavity that nothing seems to satisfy.
The morning turns me down, a silent waking.
And once again I know, I know.
Before I fill this you-shaped hole I'll try.
And if it takes me all my life I'll die trying.
The Oakland singer's latest album imagines the power struggle between man and nature as a slow, steady tempest of dark folk. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 20, 2019