{"id":13671,"date":"2021-11-01T11:22:17","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T16:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/?p=13671"},"modified":"2021-11-01T11:22:21","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T16:22:21","slug":"lord-oh-lorde-part-tres-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2021\/11\/01\/lord-oh-lorde-part-tres-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Lord, Oh Lorde Part Tres (3)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-13674 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lorde-Solar-Power-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"346\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lorde-Solar-Power-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lorde-Solar-Power-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lorde-Solar-Power-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lorde-Solar-Power-2-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lorde-Solar-Power-2-2048x1153.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lorde-Solar-Power-2-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 346px) 85vw, 346px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is the last installment of my analysis on Lorde&#8217;s <em>Solar Power<\/em> album. As with my last two parts, just as a disclaimer, this is my initial listen on all songs. I&#8217;ll then be giving my raw thoughts afterwards as I interpret the song. Last post, we stopped on &#8220;The Man with the Axe&#8221; which leads us into &#8220;Dominoes.&#8221; Feel free to listen along to the album songs as you read my thoughts on them. Links will be provided. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. Dominoes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Lyrics<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I heard that you were doing yoga<\/em><br \/><em>With Uma Thurman&#8217;s mother<\/em><br \/><em>Just outside of Woodstock<\/em><br \/><em>Now you&#8217;re watering all the flowers<\/em><br \/><em>You planted with your new girlfriend<\/em><br \/><em>Outside on the rooftop<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Just another phase you&#8217;re rushing on through<\/em><br \/><em>Go all New Age, outrunning your blues<\/em><br \/><em>Fifty gleaming chances in a row<\/em><br \/><em>And I watch you flick them down like dominoes<\/em><br \/><em>Must feel good being Mr. Start Again<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I know<\/em><br \/><em>Know a girl who knows a<\/em><br \/><em>Another girl who knows the woman that you hurt<\/em><br \/><em>It&#8217;s strange to see you smoking marijuana<\/em><br \/><em>You used to do the most cocaine<\/em><br \/><em>Of anyone I&#8217;d ever met<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb WRZytc\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Just another phase you&#8217;re shooting on through<\/em><br \/><em>The whole world changes right around you<\/em><br \/><em>You get fifty gleaming chances in a row<\/em><br \/><em>And I watch you flick them down like dominoes<\/em><br \/><em>Must feel good being Mr. Start Again<\/em><br \/><em>Yeah, it must feel good being Mr. Start Again<\/em><br \/><em>Don&#8217;t get up<\/em><br \/><em>Yeah, it must feel good being Mr. Start Again<\/em><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lorde - Dominoes (Official Audio)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CjVB1GtLjnk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Raw Thoughts:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This track, it feels calming in a way. There&#8217;s this nice, simple beat that continues throughout with flickers of new additional sounds that pop up fittingly. It&#8217;s one of those beats that make you just wanna say back and forth.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the lyrics themselves, the beginning lines make me think she&#8217;s singing about someone who&#8217;s older to have experienced Woodstock with Uma Thurman&#8217;s mother. This person is also a party spirit I can imagine from the copious amounts of cocaine they seemed to used to do. He seems like a fun guy, &#8220;Mr. Start Again.&#8221; Also, the second to last line of, &#8220;Don&#8217;t get up,&#8221; gives me more reason to believe he&#8217;s someone older.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">My biggest question is whether this is someone Lorde knows personally, or if this is just a random narrative about someone fictitious. This person who has changed with a seasoned reputation in life. Who are they?<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><strong>9.Big Star<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Lyrics<\/em><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"JNkvid gsrt wp-ms\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"HnYYW\">\n<div class=\"mfMhoc\" role=\"heading\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"LuVEUc B03h3d V14nKc EN1f2d ptcLIOszQJu__wholepage-card wp-ms\" data-hveid=\"CA4QAA\">\n<div class=\"UDZeY OTFaAf\">\n<div class=\"wDYxhc NFQFxe\" lang=\"en-US\" data-attrid=\"kc:\/music\/recording_cluster:lyrics\" data-md=\"113\">\n<div class=\"wGduib\" data-hveid=\"CAYQAA\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjUm6GU--rzAhXPQzABHSrfATYQsEx6BAgGEAA\">\n<div class=\"Z1hOCe\">\n<div class=\"PZPZlf zloOqf\" data-lyricid=\"Musixmatch131409166\">\n<div class=\"xaAUmb\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Everyone knows that you&#8217;re too good for me, don&#8217;t they?<\/em><br \/><em>I&#8217;m a cheater, I lie, and I&#8217;m shy<\/em><br \/><em>But you like to say hello to total strangers<\/em><br \/><em>Shivering pines and walls of colour<\/em><br \/><em>I can&#8217;t believe I used to stay inside<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>But every perfect summer&#8217;s gotta say good night<\/em><br \/><em>Now I watch you run through the amber line<\/em><br \/><em>I used to love the party, now I&#8217;m not alright<\/em><br \/><em>Drinking in the dark, take me home tonight<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Baby, you&#8217;re a big star<\/em><br \/><em>You&#8217;re a big star<\/em><br \/><em>Wanna take your picture<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I toss up if it&#8217;s worth it now<\/em><br \/><em>Every time I get on a plane<\/em><br \/><em>I&#8217;v\u0435 got so much to tell you<\/em><br \/><em>And not enough time to do it in<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>But \u0435very perfect summer&#8217;s gotta take its flight<\/em><br \/><em>I&#8217;ll still watch you run through the winter light<\/em><br \/><em>I used to love the party, now I&#8217;m not alright<\/em><br \/><em>Hope the honeybees make it home tonight<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Baby, you&#8217;re a big star<\/em><br \/><em>You&#8217;re a big star<\/em><br \/><em>Wanna take your picture<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb WRZytc\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8216;Til I die<\/em><br \/><em>&#8216;Til I die<\/em><br \/><em>&#8216;Til I die<\/em><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lorde - Big Star (Visualiser)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UfUqcpygFpY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Raw Thoughts:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is a negative-self view song. It differs from the perspective I think the other songs have been in because they remained more as a positive new self Lorde sung about. Reflecting back to the beginning track though, &#8220;The Path&#8221;, I remember the journey it mentioned. If this album is symbolic to that journey, this may be the hard parts where she&#8217;s grown from.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"UDZeY OTFaAf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"wDYxhc NFQFxe\" lang=\"en-US\" data-attrid=\"kc:\/music\/recording_cluster:lyrics\" data-md=\"113\">\n<div class=\"wGduib\" data-hveid=\"CAYQAA\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjUm6GU--rzAhXPQzABHSrfATYQsEx6BAgGEAA\">\n<div class=\"Z1hOCe\">\n<div class=\"PZPZlf zloOqf\" data-lyricid=\"Musixmatch131409166\">I do think talking bad about herself, causes the descriptions of this &#8220;Big Star&#8221; to be even more grand than if it had been if described on its own.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-lyricid=\"Musixmatch131409166\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-lyricid=\"Musixmatch131409166\">There is still growth shown nonetheless besides the &#8216;hate talk&#8217;. Towards the beginning of the track there is mention of how she became isolated and drank more, then it shifts to her on plane rides. I do sense there is more productivity in the routine with this line, but afterwards with, &#8220;I&#8217;m not alright,&#8221; obviously it shows this is only the start regaining balance.<\/div>\n<div data-lyricid=\"Musixmatch131409166\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div data-lyricid=\"Musixmatch131409166\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div data-lyricid=\"Musixmatch131409166\"><strong>10. Leader of a New Regime<\/strong><\/div>\n<div data-lyricid=\"Musixmatch131409166\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div data-lyricid=\"Musixmatch131409166\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div data-lyricid=\"Musixmatch131409166\">\n<div class=\"JNkvid gsrt wp-ms\">\n<div class=\"HnYYW\">\n<div class=\"mfMhoc\" style=\"text-align: center;\" role=\"heading\"><em>Lyrics<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"LuVEUc B03h3d V14nKc EN1f2d ptcLIOszQJu__wholepage-card wp-ms\" data-hveid=\"CAgQAA\">\n<div class=\"UDZeY OTFaAf\">\n<div class=\"wDYxhc NFQFxe\" lang=\"en-US\" data-attrid=\"kc:\/music\/recording_cluster:lyrics\" data-md=\"113\">\n<div class=\"wGduib\" data-hveid=\"CAYQAA\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiO4uz2_erzAhXwRDABHRXxDMQQsEx6BAgGEAA\">\n<div class=\"Z1hOCe\">\n<div class=\"PZPZlf zloOqf\" data-lyricid=\"Musixmatch131409168\">\n<div class=\"xaAUmb\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Wearing SPF 3000 for the ultraviolet rays<\/em><br \/><em>Made it to the island on the last of the outbound planes<\/em><br \/><em>Got a trunk full of Simone and C\u00e9line<\/em><br \/><em>And of course my magazines<\/em><br \/><em>I&#8217;m gonna live out my days<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Won&#8217;t somebody, anybody, be the leader of a new regime?<\/em><br \/><em>Free the keepers of the burnt-out scene<\/em><br \/><em>Another day, lust and paranoia reigns supreme<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb WRZytc\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>We need the leader of a new regime<\/em><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lorde - Leader of a New Regime (Official Audio)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sXBeAGCXr_g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><strong>Raw Thoughts:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This continues the story! &#8220;<em>Made it to the island on the last of the outbound planes&#8221;<\/em> In the last song she was getting on the plane, now she mentions her destination was to an island. This changes everything. If we&#8217;re following the album&#8217;s story, I feel like I must have missed a shift earlier that the album took. When the album was starting with &#8220;Solar Power&#8221; and talking about not having any cell service and being on beaches&#8230;(*wink wink*)&#8230;where we seem to be going back to?\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is where I&#8217;m not sure. Did I miss something? I&#8217;m not sure whether right now with this track if Lorde is going back to the beaches and island bliss <em>or\u00a0<\/em>if the album started there and then began a flashback to show why Lorde went to the beaches\/islands in the first place.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also, &#8220;<em>Free the keepers of the burnt-out scene.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>This line right here makes me wonder if she is referring to herself as one of these keepers because she is going to get her freedom. Then, the next line mentions that so far nothing is changing. Acknowledging the problem but then not volunteering to fix it, I think she is saying someone else needs to step up. Obviously I hope it doesn&#8217;t go as literal to mean she is done with music now. Please no \ud83d\ude41 I must have just misunderstood&#8230; *gulp*<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This song may be short, but it is vital to the story-telling of the album. I can&#8217;t wait to see if the next song answers my questions.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><strong>11. Mood Ring<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"JNkvid gsrt wp-ms\">\n<div class=\"HnYYW\">\n<div class=\"mfMhoc\" style=\"text-align: center;\" role=\"heading\"><em>Lyrics<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"LuVEUc B03h3d V14nKc EN1f2d ptcLIOszQJu__wholepage-card wp-ms\" data-hveid=\"CBoQAA\">\n<div class=\"UDZeY OTFaAf\">\n<div class=\"wDYxhc NFQFxe\" lang=\"en-US\" data-attrid=\"kc:\/music\/recording_cluster:lyrics\" data-md=\"113\">\n<div class=\"wGduib\" data-hveid=\"CBIQAA\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjhyZ-jjevzAhXjSTABHQH7Cx0QsEx6BAgSEAA\">\n<div class=\"Z1hOCe\">\n<div class=\"PZPZlf zloOqf\" data-lyricid=\"Lyricfind002-5994186\">\n<div class=\"xaAUmb\">\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\"><em>I&#8217;m tryna blow bubbles, but inside<\/em><br \/><em>Can&#8217;t seem to fix my mood<\/em><br \/><em>Today it&#8217;s as dark as my roots<\/em><br \/><em>If I, if I ever let them grow out (ah-ah)<\/em><br \/><em>Now all of my oceans have riptides<\/em><br \/><em>Can&#8217;t seem to find what&#8217;s wrong<\/em><br \/><em>The whole world is letting me down<\/em><br \/><em>Don&#8217;t you think the early 2000s seem so far away? (Ay-ay-ay-ay)<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\"><em>Ladies, begin your sun salutations<\/em><br \/><em>Transcendental in your meditations (love and light)<\/em><br \/><em>You can burn sage, and I&#8217;ll cleanse the crystals<\/em><br \/><em>We can get high, but only if the wind blows (blows just right)<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\"><em>I can&#8217;t feel a thing<\/em><br \/><em>I keep looking at my mood ring<\/em><br \/><em>Tell me how I&#8217;m feeling<\/em><br \/><em>Floating away, floating away<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\"><em>I&#8217;m tryna get well from the inside<\/em><br \/><em>Plants and celebrity news, all the vitamins I consume<\/em><br \/><em>Let&#8217;s fly somewhere eastern, they&#8217;ll have what I need (they&#8217;ll have what I need)<\/em><br \/><em>Let&#8217;s go<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\"><em>Ladies, begin your sun salutations<\/em><br \/><em>Pluto in Scorpio generation (love and light)<\/em><br \/><em>You can burn sage, and I&#8217;ll cleanse the crystals<\/em><br \/><em>We can get high, but only if the wind blows (blows just right, ri-ri-ri-right)<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\"><em>I can&#8217;t feel a thing<\/em><br \/><em>I keep looking at my mood ring<\/em><br \/><em>Tell me how I&#8217;m feeling<\/em><br \/><em>Floating away, floating away<\/em><br \/><em>All the sad girls sing<\/em><br \/><em>We&#8217;ll keep dancing &#8217;til the mood rings<\/em><br \/><em>Tell us how we&#8217;re feeling<\/em><br \/><em>We&#8217;re floating away, floating away<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb WRZytc\"><em>Take me to some kinda<\/em><br \/><em>Take me to some kinda<\/em><br \/><em>Take me to some kinda place (anywhere)<\/em><br \/><em>Watch the sun set, look back on my life (take me to some kinda)<\/em><br \/><em>I just wanna know, will it be alright? (Take me to some kinda)<\/em><br \/><em>Take me to some kinda place (anywhere)<\/em><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lorde - Mood Ring\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P103bWMdvtA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><strong>Raw Thoughts:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And, the story continued. (I don&#8217;t think that was a complete sentence. The story isn&#8217;t either though, so it should be okay.) Here we are, this feels like Lorde has made it to the island and doesn&#8217;t exactly know how to heal. The song does seem to have a spirituality to it. With the mention of the astrological of &#8220;Pluto in Scorpio generation&#8221; and then again with the mentioning of crystals and sage, an herb known for cleansing. She is trying to find ways to shake off the negative energy that has brought her down in the rest of the album. It feels like a fresh start.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">I think the use of saying she needs a mood ring to understand her emotions is such a clever thing to have done. To my knowledge, mood rings are almost known as a youthful, childish-even, thing. Also, with the line about her reflecting on how &#8220;far away&#8221; the 2000s seem shows that she is thinking to the past. Possibly even to a time when she was younger and may have possessed a mood ring, except this time the ring has new purpose for her now. It&#8217;s all very poetic and stunning.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sounds amazing as well! This is truly all circling back to the beginning of the album and feeling so cohesive in its storytelling. I&#8217;m impressed.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><strong>12. Oceanic Feeling\u00a0 (Final Track)\u00a0 \u00a0\ud83d\ude41<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"JNkvid gsrt wp-ms\">\n<div class=\"HnYYW\">\n<div class=\"mfMhoc\" style=\"text-align: center;\" role=\"heading\"><em>Lyrics<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"LuVEUc B03h3d V14nKc EN1f2d ptcLIOszQJu__wholepage-card wp-ms\" data-hveid=\"CAwQAA\">\n<div class=\"UDZeY OTFaAf\">\n<div class=\"wDYxhc NFQFxe\" lang=\"en-US\" data-attrid=\"kc:\/music\/recording_cluster:lyrics\" data-md=\"113\">\n<div class=\"wGduib\" data-hveid=\"CAYQAA\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjSqZ-3lOvzAhVxRjABHa2sDr4QsEx6BAgGEAA\">\n<div class=\"Z1hOCe\">\n<div class=\"PZPZlf zloOqf\" data-lyricid=\"Musixmatch131409171\">\n<div class=\"xaAUmb\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>It&#8217;s a blue day<\/em><br \/><em>We could jump Bulli<\/em><br \/><em>When I hit that water<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>When it holds me<\/em><br \/><em>I think about my father<\/em><br \/><em>Doing the same thing<\/em><br \/><em>When he was a boy<\/em><br \/><em>When he was a boy<\/em><br \/><em>It&#8217;s a blue day<\/em><br \/><em>We could go fishing<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>You&#8217;ll cast the big one<\/em><br \/><em>Ah<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Sliding the knife under the skin<\/em><br \/><em>Grateful for this offering<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>And all the living things<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Under the sun<\/em><br \/><em>Under the sun<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Little brother<\/em><br \/><em>I think you&#8217;re an angel<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I see your silver chain levitate<\/em><br \/><em>When you&#8217;re kick-flipping<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Baby boy, you&#8217;re super cool<\/em><br \/><em>I know you&#8217;re scared, so was I<\/em><br \/><em>But all will be revealed in time (time, time)<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Oh, look, the rays are in the bay now<\/em><br \/><em>Can you hear the waves and the cicadas all around?<\/em><br \/><em>I can make anything real<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Rays so hot, it&#8217;s a summer body<\/em><br \/><em>Everyday is blue and never cloudy<\/em><br \/><em>Don&#8217;t look down<\/em><br \/><em>I can make anything real<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>In the future<\/em><br \/><em>If I have a daughter<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Will she have my waist?<\/em><br \/><em>Or my widow&#8217;s peak?<\/em><br \/><em>My dreamer&#8217;s disposition, or my wicked streak?<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Will she split a tab with her lover?<\/em><br \/><em>Laugh with the stars like her mother<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>When she was a girl<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>When she was a girl<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Now the cherry black lipstick&#8217;s gathering dust in a drawer<\/em><br \/><em>I don&#8217;t need her anymore<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8216;Cause I got this power<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Just had to breathe<\/em><br \/><em>(Breathe out, breathe out, breathe out, breathe out)<\/em><br \/><em>And tune in (tune in, tune in, tune in, tune in)<\/em><br \/><em>Just had to breathe<\/em><br \/><em>(Breathe out, breathe out, breathe out, breath out)<\/em><br \/><em>And tune in (tune in, tune in, tune in, tune in)<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I just had to breathe<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>And tune in<\/em><br \/><em>I just had to breathe<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>And tune in<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Just had to breathe<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Oh, has enlightenment found?<\/em><br \/><em>No, but I&#8217;m trying, taking it one year at a time<\/em><br \/><em>Oh-oh, can you hear the sound?<\/em><br \/><em>It&#8217;s shimmering higher<\/em><br \/><em>On the beach, I&#8217;m building a pyre<\/em><br \/><em>(Used the wood brought in by the tide)<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I-I know you&#8217;ll show me how<\/em><br \/><em>I&#8217;ll know when it&#8217;s time to take off my robes<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb WRZytc\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>And step into the choir<\/em><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lorde - Oceanic Feeling (Official Audio)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hv6xxNDV8PA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><strong>Raw Thoughts:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She&#8217;s got it. She&#8217;s on the right track. This song is living proof of that because she has grown enough on this album to look outward from herself. She is singing about not only herself but also her family, and it&#8217;s super sweet. Finding comfort in the ocean and relating it to her father was everything. Hearing Lorde give messages to her little brother and just tell him like, &#8216;I see you. I went through the same thing. You got this.&#8217; It&#8217;s just so refreshing to hear. After all the struggle this feels like a great close off.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She doesn&#8217;t need her cherry black lipstick anymore I feel has to be a reference I can&#8217;t realize at the moment. There&#8217;s a confidence that I enjoy seeing. After hearing of the hard times along the album, I&#8217;m glad to see Lorde take a stand.\u00a0 Her healing process feels like it&#8217;s becoming complete. Her growth is going to take off from here.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The little bit at the end about having not reached enlightenment was nice to here. I think it&#8217;s a message people need to hear. Sometimes you just have to take it one small bit by a time to stay okay, or better.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This song feels like it has caught up to &#8220;Solar Power&#8217;s&#8221; point of life progression-like we&#8217;ve officially caught back up from the flashback the album took. Now though, we caught up and kept going, and I think that was the point. I feel satisfied as a listener with this ending. The album and collection of tracks feels like a whole, solid artwork. It&#8217;s masterful.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13693 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lorde-Solar-Power-White-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"301\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lorde-Solar-Power-White-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lorde-Solar-Power-White-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lorde-Solar-Power-White.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 301px) 85vw, 301px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">I&#8217;m so glad I got the opportunity to delve deep into looking at all the little gears that turn for this album to work so well. I&#8217;ve always been a fan of Lorde since her debut album, and nothing has changed after hearing this one.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Also, thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did making it.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">I obviously can&#8217;t wait to see what she does next. Until then though, I think she&#8217;s taught me to just live in the moment and until the moment comes: <em>&#8220;Breathe out, and tune in&#8221;\u00a0 \u2665<\/em><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the last installment of my analysis on Lorde&#8217;s Solar Power album. As with my last two parts, just as a disclaimer, this is my initial listen on all songs. I&#8217;ll then be giving my raw thoughts afterwards as I interpret the song. Last post, we stopped on &#8220;The Man with the Axe&#8221; which &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2021\/11\/01\/lord-oh-lorde-part-tres-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lord, Oh Lorde Part Tres (3)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[289,288,290,293,281,294,291],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13671"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13671"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13763,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13671\/revisions\/13763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}