I've posted The New Pornographers twice before, but this song was running through my head every step (except for when we heinously got a Wiz Khalifa chorus stuck in our head for a few minutes...ugh, the horror) of my 14ish mile hike in the breathtaking Tetons today and I couldn't resist sharing it!
Even though my adventures through solitude weren't conducted alone today, this song captures a lot of the beauty I find in the outdoors! Lines like, "Circling the edge of the never-ending" conjure up memories of the vastness and untamed wildness of the mountains and the ranges stretching into eternity in all directions that is palpable every time you're really able to get away from everything.
"The best of the vanished marvels have gathered outside your door" is a potent reminder to cherish every second of the miraculous beauty that lies easily within my reach, and that the splendor and majesty of mother earth is literally outside my door and I'd be a fool not to go out and revel in it!
The song also starts slow and almost sadly, but 'finds' itself with lines like, "We thought we lost you... Welcome back!," after which the tempo and energy shifts dramatically for the better. Used in suicide prevention campaigns, this song is just downright powerful!
The call and response style of the song is addicting. I seriously can't get enough of it. It speaks to me at some level that I can't really put into words. Loss, wildness, joy...this song has so many incarnations! You never know what to expect in a New Pornographers song (as my dad is wont to point out, he CANNOT pin down their 'signature' sound) and this song is truly an adventure through more than solitude: it's an adventure through sound! Enjoy as immensely as I do! :)
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