Cranes in the sky mp3 solange11/10/2022 ![]() ![]() Follow her on Twitter at a vinyl copy of Solange’s A Seat at the Table at the OKP Shop. Sofiya Ballin is a writer and Features Reporter at the Philadelphia Inquirer. The “it” may not go away, but we keep going. There’s freedom and peace in knowing that you won’t know. In that moment, she’s letting go of control. Upbeat syncopation with mellow strings and vocals highlight the victory in the loss.Īt the end of the song, Solange hits a piercing falsetto. It manages to be joyous and melancholy at the same time. What people love more about Solange’s siren song is that it’s a chameleon. You may never be the same as before.Īnd it’s okay. ![]() ![]() This me has battle scars that she has to live with daily. “Cranes in the Sky” reminds you that there is an “it” you carry around, that you don’t always get the answers and that you don’t always get closure. A stirring you can’t quite put your finger on, so you feel everything and nothing at the same time. She makes you feel something complicated. It’s uncomfortable and unsettling because there’s absolutely no closure. But she’s letting you know there will still be scars. Solange’s voice is soothing, a balmy dressing for the lacerations. What “Cranes” reveals is that time doesn’t heal all wounds, but instead you learn to live with the gashes. And I had to face the reality: some of it may never go away. The working, the traveling, the physical changes weren’t going to make it go away. I was holding on to a lot of anger, insecurity, unnecessary expectations for myself and other people and a lot of pressure. An idea of what I thought love and life was supposed to be and when I found out otherwise, I didn’t know how to deal. ![]() It was after playing the song on several Sundays over refilled tea cups and a battered journal that I realized I was grieving. It could be depression, mourning, or feeling lost. Sometimes I don’t want to feel those metal clouds. I just needed her to tell me what worked. I needed to know, because if she could get rid of “it,” then I could, too. She exposed something in me but wasn’t handing me the answers.
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