There is something in this song that, to me, sounds like what spring feels like. Simultaneously a gentle plaint for what has been lost to the seasons and their changes and a subtle paean to the possibility of their recovery in new forms.
"There are very many things I would like to say to you
But I've lost my way, and l've lost my words
There are very many places I would like to go
But I can't find the key to open my door"
My favorite version of this though is playing "I Don't Know What I Can Save You From" by #KingsOfConvenience at exactly 11:59:34 and Eirik Glambek Bøe will sing "midnight" at midnight.
Been revisiting this album from 2017, a side project of one half of #KingsOfConvenience This song in particular just hits all the right spots for me.
"The only thing about you that you cannot see
Is the part that I see and that part is clear to me
I know every picture is a different one
Depending on your angles and shoulders you're standing on
Yours have been conflicted it appears to me
Could that be a blind spot inside of your focus point?"
1/ It's not easy for me to enjoy myself at a concert. Part of the reason stems from being a classically trained musician—I was encouraged to listen to everything with an attentive, analytical, and critical ear, something I was already inclined towards and had some innate skill doing. So it was (is) difficult to get out of my head and enjoy concerts in the way I saw others enjoying them, opting instead to stand and analyze every note (I also just don't like crowds and things like that).
2/ However, #KingsOfConvenience are an important exception for me. Despite having a number of songs that are very serious and earnest and, dare I say, quite depressing, there is a groove to everything they do which is amplified and deepened on stage (obviously literally amplified as well). It was so easy for me to dance and groove and sing along and actually have fun—they made it so easy! They clearly have fun playing, which helps.
5/5 My friend, who is much more bold than I am, played a song I wrote for both of them! I was so embarrassed! But... They both loved it! They listened attentively and had really positive and supportive things to say about it, with Eirik even asking how he could listen to it again because he liked it so much! I can die happy now. Here are some pictures with each of them, where I look like a complete goofball who is more excited than a kid on Christmas morning...