Whenever I am lost in my songwriting world, I always find my anchor through some of my favourite artists. PJ Harvey is one of them. My favourite PJ Harvey album? To Bring You My Love. Though I have to confess that I do like Stories From The Cities, Stories From The Sea a lot.
Uh Huh Her is raw, is mean and I just love it. Nothing commercial and I just immerse in all the songs in the album. At times, the songs remind me of demo songs. Like some of the songs, there is only one guitar with considerable amount of noise in the background. Then, it comes PJ Harvey’s beautiful voice and the strong lyrics. I do like The Slow Drug a lot. Lyrics below.
By the way, another one of my favourite song is Who The F**k. But I can’t publish the lyric, can I?
Blue now is the colour
Love the drug I’m needing
Got to keep this feeling
With the headlights burning
We’re looking up for something
Answers on the ceiling
Watching out the windows
Watch the way the wind blows
Soon it will be morning
Still the question lingers
I twist it round my fingers
Could you be my calling?
See this winged boy falling
Falling out of something
Hits the drug I’m needing
Arrows that he’s turning
Need to keep this feeling
Slow drug in the morning
With the headlights burning
Looking up for something
Something that we’re needing
Still the question lingers
I twist it round my fingers
Could you be my calling