5/6/17

i'm thankful in "and she was" for the shift in both rhythm and key from the syncopated verses in E, with just two different chords, to the fuller harmonic range of the bridge in F and then back into E for the chorus (but with the addition of another chord and a third kind of rhythm for good measure). i'm thankful for the sensation of crashing into the bridge, the rhythm shifting like a train being dropped onto the tracks at full speed, and then for the variation on the bridge before the second verse of the song. i'm thankful that the song feels like a rollercoaster.

i'm thankful for our discussion of the phrase "highway breathing." i'm thankful for the drummer's explanation of what the song is about "It’s a story about a woman who has the power to levitate above the ground and to check out all her neighbors from a kind of bird’s eye view. And the guy who’s writing the song is in love with her and he kinda wishes she would just be more normal and, like, come on back down to the ground [Laughs], but she doesn’t. She goes floating over the backyard and past the buildings and the schools and stuff and is absolutely superior to him in every way."