Reed KD is a lyrical god.

speaking of what i'm listening to:
Reed KD

Hi my name is Daisy and i'm a lyrics junkie who gets her kicks from matching an emotion or experience to a song and having them fit perfectly.
particularly if that emotion is painful and the song embodies all things beautiful and horrible about the human condition.
well, now that ive gotten that out there....

i probably shouldn't put this in writing for all of posterity, but i'm serious.
if i'm experiencing something, either a particular kind of heartbreak or a specific sense of loss or nervous excitement, or aching regret, whatever, i scramble to find a song that nails down my mood.

and i don't mean that listening to unbreak my heart a few times will do the trick or that i rifle through my itunes archives for something that's worked before....oh no.
no, i SEARCH and i scrounge and i do extensive cross referencing lyrical hunts until i get a song, known or better yet, unknown, that hits the SPOT. it has to fit with a click.

i like doing it for myself but i love it more when i can send someone a song that describes what i think we're both feeling...and i LOVE when my friends come to me with their thoughts or problems and im able to send them a song later that works.
i don't know why it comforts so much.
maybe its just as simple as knowing that someone else on this planet has experienced whatever it is you feel so alone in going through...it keeps it in perspective.
keeps you (me) from feeling like the worlds biggest mess.

or sometimes a song says something that's a little too raw or vulnerable to say in person.
thats beautiful.
its less 'beautiful' of course if the song perfectly serves as a warning that said person had best HOPE they don't see you in person because you've been working through the phases of grief and you're just entering the rage phase and it's not a pretty part of the process.
thats less beautiful.
but i am all for communication.

anyway BACK TO REED.
listening to his album the first time was intense.
song after song felt like it had been written not just for my aesthetic musically, but for ME as a human with my particular perspective, my set of experiences.

even after identifying as much as i did, i can recognize that that's why hes good.
his songs speak to a common experience but with lyrical gems that keep them from seeming general.

you can stream his album with the above link or buy directly from him through his myspace

'this coastal town' and 'you can call me' happen to be seriously touching me.

'road flares' is excellent too.
its all good...it's all good.
just give it a good listen.

lyrical excerpt from 'you can call me' :

...it seems your memory
has turned to my shadow
so when the suns setting
i cant help but notice that you're gone.