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With contemplative lyrics, a moody melody and soft delivery, Bain Mattox’s “Rice Paper Heart” is the kind of song makes me want to write poetry in a leather bound journal and sip coffee on a winter day.
The song’s lyrics are a perfect blend of tenderness, disillusionment and poetic insight. Though the words are spare and disconnected, their connotations and the overall atmosphere make the song a fantastic addition to any indie-coffeehouse-folk-rock collection.
To listen to the song, please click here and read on. (The song is second on the playlist).
Wanna see Bain live? His next concert is @ The Star Baron in Atlanta on Nov. 8th @ 9:00 pm.
• What inspired the lyrics to the song? (Personal experience or observation?)
This song is about a friend of mine who had a bad battle with depression, the lyrics were based on things she had said to me.
• Why title the song ‘Rice Paper Heart’?
The song is about someone whose heart is fragile, much like rice paper.
• Could you elaborate on the line, “stemming from this juncture, the
simplicity of puncturing this… Rice Paper Heart…”?
It means that the “juncture” she was at in her life was the reason her heart became so breakable.
• How does the line “Technicolor episode” fit with the song’s meaning?
She felt as though she was living everyday like she was outside of herself watching what she was doing on a movie screen. So I took the phrase “Technicolor Episode” to mean “Movie-like life.” I also claim that that is how I write music. I try to view everything objectively as if I am watching myself or whatever else from a distance.
• In the lyrics, it seems as if you place yourself in a defining moment in time (referencing the night, tonight, etc.) Could you tell me more about why you framed it like this?
I guess because all of this was happening during the time I wrote it. It was very much in the now of what was going on in my life with this person.
FOR FULL LYRICS CLICK HERE.
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