both ears ringing with your love
it's still summer and the song i play on loop tonight is “TOURMALINE”. he's made such art of ego and alienation and i love all the years of it but this is a different animal, a true love song, spirit and heart unrelenting.
early in the interview there is a moment where the host gently goads him into taking off his sunglasses so the camera can see the light in his eyes and he resists (drowsy, sun bouncin' through the fun houses) but then he gives in.
the sound of his voice in the chorus is the sound of giving in (to connection, a different feeling). the objective correlative of the title, pitch-black tourmaline tower. the grounding of electricity, because grounding is another word for holding power (golden intel).
after each chorus he sings both ears ringing, ears ringing with your love, both ears ringing with your love and on love he punches in a filter to enact it, the feeling of coming to your senses in the cloud of smoke.
