Tom: Avril Lavigne cover? No. Never mind, forget I asked.
Tim: I think I should. Quite what Mizuna Greens are, I have absolutely no idea (though according to Wikipedia, mizuna is a sort of spicy flavour, which would sort of indicate that these people identify with village open spaces that have had Japanese stir-fries spilt on them); regardless, we got sent this and it’s really rather pleasant.
Tom: Remind me never to ask you any etymology questions, Tim.
Tom: Ooh, that’s all deep and emotional, isn’t it?
Tim: Takes a while to build up, sure, but by a minute or so in it’s got something quite strong going.
Tom: It’s rare that a singer has the voice to match lyrics like this, but she definitely does.
Tim: The lyrics are, well, complicated – something about heartache, and nothing ever turning out right, so we should break up, but with all sorts of extra metaphors and stuff like business and haunting and fairytales and stuff.
Tom: Deep lyrical analysis, there.
Tim: What, you want Advanced Etymology and Basic Lyrical Interpretation in one post? I know I’m a very competent person, but I think that’s asking a bit much, even for me.
Tom: I think not using ‘stuff’ twice in the same sentence would be a good start.
Tim: Fair point. Anyway, this stuff’s basically a thoroughly depressing song, if you spend the effort working out what the lyrical stuff is. On the other hand, if you just listen to the musicy stuff you get something else going on. It’s a sort of Florence and the Machine type of stuff, with a voice that you know will get you down if you concentrate on it, so you kind of want to shut it out and listen to that lovely piano stuff going on in the background.
Tom: And there’s some gorgeous guitar-playing in there: the moody, Dire Straits kind of mournful, singing guitar that evokes memories of lost loves and rain pouring down on windows. I could listen to that for quite a while.
Tim: But if you do just concentrate on that, you miss out on her fantastic voice.
Tom: There’s a lot of pain in this song, and I mean that as a sincere compliment. I’m going to go and give someone a hug.