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Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Caught in The Trees

Caught in The Trees is a new album out. I haven't listened to it so I'm not recommending it as of now.
In an interview Damien Jurado is asked how this album got its name.

ANSWER:"Good question. I don't really know where the title comes from. It's hard to explain. I used to think that things we say or the sounds are caught in things. For instance, I think it's a scientific fact that things hold sound. I believe that's true. Of course, I'm not going to get into this scientific deal with neutrons. But I remember in high school hearing about that-how objects are able to hold things. It also goes back to the saying, "If these walls could talk." So it's about my voice being caught in the tress-I was trying to say something to someone, but the words didn't get to you. They were caught in the trees."

This may not seem poetic at all but when I read it for the first time, it made my heart ache.
I feel like it's part of the human condition. We all want to be heard whether it's important or not.
We want to feel and know that someone else cares, that I'm significant, that I matter.
It takes me to my loneliest days and makes me cry for all of those young and old that know neglect.
You do matter. You are worth it. You are loved.
I'll listen to your story.

This is what ran through my head when I read the above (please overlook that it's a drug commercial and see what else it screams):

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