Recently my love for Marina's music ignited again with the discovery of her new album. When I started listening to her around 2012, her album 'Electra Heart' was sort of sung through characters of the idolised female identity such as Heartbreaker, Idle teen... etc.
Marina’s new album, LOVE + FEAR includes songs that really spoke some truths about the world and being human. I feel that some of the lyrics really go along with what I was thinking about at the time I was reading Bill Viola’s writings. I just saw her perform at the Royal Albert Hall and it was just amazing, of course, but it really hit me then how great of an artist/song writer she is... her songs are very honest and direct but can also be fun and upbeat.. you can see her personality and experiences shine through her songs. There are countless lyrics that are wonderful, but recently the one that has been ringing around my head is 'I'M NOT AFRAID OF GOD, I AM AFRAID OF MAN' and also 'AND IF THERE IS A GOD, THEY'LL KNOW WHY IT'S SO HARD, TO BE HUMAN,'
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'YOU'RE VULNERABLE, YOU'RE VULNERABLE, YOU ARE NOT A ROBOT. YOU'RE LOVABLE, SO LOVABLE, BUT YOU'RE JUST TROUBLED..'
'DO I HAVE TO LIE TO MAKE MY WAY IN LIFE'
'WHEN YOUR WORLD COMES CRASHING DOWN (IT WON'T SAVE YOU) / ALL THE MONEY IN THIS TOWN (IT WON'T SAVE YOU) WON'T SAVE YOUR REPUTATION NOW'
'WE LIVE WE DIE, WE STEAL WE KILL WE LIE, JUST LIKE ANIMALS, BUT WITH FAR LESS GRACE'
Marina’s new album, LOVE + FEAR includes songs that really spoke some truths about the world and being human. I feel that some of the lyrics really go along with what I was thinking about at the time I was reading Bill Viola’s writings. I just saw her perform at the Royal Albert Hall and it was just amazing, of course, but it really hit me then how great of an artist/song writer she is... her songs are very honest and direct but can also be fun and upbeat.. you can see her personality and experiences shine through her songs. There are countless lyrics that are wonderful, but recently the one that has been ringing around my head is 'I'M NOT AFRAID OF GOD, I AM AFRAID OF MAN' and also 'AND IF THERE IS A GOD, THEY'LL KNOW WHY IT'S SO HARD, TO BE HUMAN,'
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'YOU'RE VULNERABLE, YOU'RE VULNERABLE, YOU ARE NOT A ROBOT. YOU'RE LOVABLE, SO LOVABLE, BUT YOU'RE JUST TROUBLED..'
'DO I HAVE TO LIE TO MAKE MY WAY IN LIFE'
'WHEN YOUR WORLD COMES CRASHING DOWN (IT WON'T SAVE YOU) / ALL THE MONEY IN THIS TOWN (IT WON'T SAVE YOU) WON'T SAVE YOUR REPUTATION NOW'
'WE LIVE WE DIE, WE STEAL WE KILL WE LIE, JUST LIKE ANIMALS, BUT WITH FAR LESS GRACE'