RE: The Unwritable Rant podcast
To my mind, an LP is better because it increases the chances people will find something they like. Maybe a hit that otherwise wouldn't have been heard.
I woke up this morning with the notion that many great songs step away from the first person -- in effect step out of the listener's head -- to deliver verses that express what a person is feeling in memorable ways:
Like a river flows
Surely to the sea
Darling so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Or:
Stars fade away they just crash into space
Disappear from the night like you and I
...Nothing but emptiness inside
Love leaves a black hole where it dies
I don't feel like "My Cake" and "Better" do that. They basically express, "I'll have my cake and eat it too" and "Now I'm feeling better." Maybe Haley's falling into a bit of trap in writing lyrics that personify an empowered young women.
"Let Yourself Be Beautiful" seems much more powerful:
If all the world was dark, and we could see no more
What would it mean to be beautiful?
Maybe we’d hear a smile, maybe we’d feel a laugh
I wanna live just like that
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