Yes, sometimes it takes a bit of reading between the lines to filter through the slightly non-sequitur, or even bizarre, lyrics ("when I saw Genevieve I really liked it when she said/what she said about the giant and the lemmings on the cliff/she said 'I like giants, especially girl giants/'cause all girls feel too big sometimes, regardless of their size") to reach the underlying message underneath, but it's kind of nice knowing that such positivity exists amidst the cynicism and anger of the outside world. All it takes is a few seconds of thinking about you, and my heart melts. I hope your day is as bright as your gorgeous smile. ![]() I love you, and I’d like to spend a quiet evening with you. She's honest, and she's being herself, and that's all she wants, from herself and others. You’re one of life’s most precious, priceless gifts. Like any good folk (or anti-folk) singer, Dawson has a social consciousness that she's more than willing to explicitly share ("and I'll say f*ck Bush and f*ck this war" in "Looselips" or "We'd have 12/26 tattooed across our foreheads if something this atrocious happened on our coast instead" in "12/26," a response to her feelings of helplessness after the 2004 tsunami), but she doesn't come across as preachy or holier-than-thou. Which is fine, because her words are so engaging, but it wouldn't hurt her to experiment a little more with chord progressions or keys (an exception is the darker "France," whose music, incidentally, she only co-wrote), as the melodies tend to blend easily into one another. This desire to help, to be a friend, means that for Dawson, the musical portion of her songs (quickly strummed open acoustic guitar chords, the occasional bell or keyboard) takes a distant second place to her lyrics. Dawson is concerned about the well-being of her listeners. Which doesn't mean that her fifth full-length release, Remember That I Love You, is an arrogant record rather, it portrays an emotional honesty that, even in its weakness ("I'm trying to be brave/because when I'm brave other people feel brave/but I feel like my heart is caving in") - or perhaps because of this admittance - contains a strength and humanity that's seen in few contemporary artists. Always remember that I love you, y our love is what I live for, your dreams are my dreams. or Just because Im going to Vegas doesnt mean I will be swayed. ![]() Kimya Dawson has, if nothing else, confidence in what she is and what has to say, and she wants other people to feel the same way about themselves, too. remember I love you could simply mean, Dont worry.
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