Today’s #MusicMonday is rich and beautiful, ‘Muddy Waters’ by LP caught me from the first base tones of the back-up singers. It reminds me of old school southern hymns mixed with this heartbreakingly wonderful female voice (and her voice is all her, no studio, check out the live link at the bottom if you doubt it, SO GOOD). It’s a clash of the old and the new, and I love it. I just can’t help it, and I find myself swaying when I listen to it, and I hope you do too. As usual, the lyrics are just as powerful as the music itself, so scroll down and hit play, and then read along lovelies. ^_^
Lyrics
We are kneeling at the river’s edge and tempting,
all the steps to follow closer right behind.
Is it only when you feel a part is empty
that it’s gnawing at the corners of your mind?
Oh, I will ask you for mercy,
I will come to you blind,
what you’ll see is the worst me,
not the last of my kind.
Oh, oh, oh, in the muddy water we’re falling…
Oh, oh, oh, in the muddy water we’re crawling…
Holds me down.
Hold me now.
Sold me out.
In the muddy waters we’re falling.
It is not clear why we choose the fire pathway.
Where we end is not the way that we had planned.
All the spirits gather ’round like it’s our last day.
To get across you know we’ll have to raise the sand.
Oh, I will ask you for mercy,
I will come to you blind,
what you’ll see is the worst me,
not the last of my kind.
Oh, oh, oh, in the muddy water we’re falling…
Oh, oh, oh, in the muddy water we’re crawling…
Holds me down.
Hold me now.
Sold me out.
In the muddy waters we’re falling.
Oh, oh, oh, don’t fail me now,
put your arms around me and pull me out.
Oh, oh, oh, I know I’m found,
with your arms around me, oh save me now.
Oh, oh, oh, in the muddy water we’re falling…
Oh, oh, oh, in the muddy water we’re crawling…
Holds me down.
Hold me now.
Sold me out.
In the muddy waters we’re falling.
‘Muddy Waters’ by LP (or listen to the Live acoustic version here, her voice is breathtaking and pure talent https://youtu.be/o6SprGmHTy4)