What you got goin’ on
Behind those eyes closed, holdin’ on
I don’t want another day to break
Take our, steal our night away
Warm shadow
Warm shadow
Won’t you cast yourself on me
What you got in store for me
I want to tell you about a band I’ve got a crush on. And an album, but most specifically a song. The band is Fink, the album is Perfect Darkness, and the song is Warm Shadow.
This is the kind of song that makes me fall in love with music all over again, and I’m quite badly smitten to begin with. The rhythm has every cell in my body keeping tempo. The melancholy of the deftly picked guitar has me purring like a kitten, and Fink lead vocalist Fin Greenall’s soulful voice holds me, hypnotized until I’m totally lost in the Warm Shadow of the song.
This is perfect music for introspection and self discovery. I can’t pin down where my thoughts go with this song, because honestly…they wander in every direction.
Some of the lyrics make me think of Emlyn and the feelings I have when I steal into her room to watch her sleep. ‘What you got goin’ on, behind those eyes closed, holdin’ on’. I wonder what her dreams are made up of…can she speak? does she dance? does she have imaginary play dates climbing trees and running through fields?
Some lyrics make me think of my husband…and those thoughts are private.
Keep those eyes closed, next to me
I don’t want another day to break
Take our, steal our night away
Warm shadow
Warm shadow
Won’t you cast yourself on me
Really outstanding music should mean different things to different people…music is a subjectively perceived phenomenon so interpretation of it’s meaning will differ vastly between listeners. Studies have found that listening to music you are moved by releases a chemical called Dopamine into your system. Dopamine stimulates the pleasure regions of the brain, and turns a ‘feel good’ experience into a ‘feel great’ one. Even anticipating the sounds of music you like can get the party started neurologically. Valorie Salimpoor, a neuroscientist at McGill University in Montreal says “You’re following these tunes and anticipating what’s going to come next and whether it’s going to confirm or surprise you, and all of these little cognitive nuances are what’s giving you this amazing pleasure. The reinforcement or reward happens almost entirely because of dopamine.” So that explains it folks…I’m an addict, a dopamine addict.
Like me, Fin Greenall grew up in a family where music was a central presence. He says “The great thing about growing up in a house where music is a big factor… was the fact that music being part of your life was a perfectly natural thing.” I wholeheartedly agree, and fully credit my parents for exposing our family to a host of genres and styles. My sister and I are obsessive in our search for new and exciting music to enjoy, collect and share. So that’s what I want to do today…share this music with you. I hope you enjoy it and your dopamine levels go off the grid!
Warm shadow
Warm shadow
Won’t you cast yourself on me
