To me Fiona Apple is one of the best songwriters Ive heard in my lifetime. Sure a lot of people remember the spazzed out little girl fresh to fame at her first MTV Awards, but underneath that is someone who articulates life and its emotions as well as anyone Ive ever heard. I always go back to her albums at some point. The problem is she puts out albums about as frequently as Dr Dre. She needs a comeback.. She needs to get into a studio with Rick Rubin.
"I Know"- to me one of the best love songs ever (tough guys, go ahead and skip this one unless your looking for something cool to write in a card to a girl your trying to sleep with)-- some of the lyrics are below..
So be it I'm your crowbar
If that's what I am so far
Until u get out of this mess
I will pretend
That I don't know of your sins
Until u are ready to confess..
You can use my skin
To bury secrets in
And I will settle u down
When the crowd becomes your burden
And you've closed your curtain
I'll wait by the backstage door
While you try to find
The lines to speak your mind
In pride, open, hopin for an encore
But if it gets too late
For me to wait
For you to find you love me and tell me so
Its ok. Don't need to say..
"Never is a Promise" - speaks for itself.
You'll never see the courage I know
Its colors richness wont appear within your view
I'll never glow the way that you glow
Your presence dominates the judgements made on you
But as the scenery grows I see in different lights
The shades and shadows undulate in my perception
My feelings swell and stretch, I see from greater heights
I understand what I am still too proud to mention to you..
You say dont fear your dreams, its easier than it seems
You'll say you'll never let me fall from hopes so high
But never is a promise and you cant afford to lie.
