– The Boston Globe
Annie and the Beekeepers is a folk and country inspired trio that met at Berklee College of Music in December 2006. The members of Annie and the Beekeepers came to Berklee from across the country with different musical backgrounds – Annie Lynch is a self-taught guitarist and the Beekeepers’ principal singer and songwriter from Cape Cod; Ken Woodward is from Charlottesville and plays acoustic bass and sometimes stomps on a snare at the same time for fun; and Alexandra Spalding, who lends her beautiful voice to create the Beekeepers’ signature harmonies, grew up playing cello in orchestras in Northern California. Annie met Ken through various attempts to learn bluegrass and saw Alex playing in a Berklee Joni Mitchell ensemble. One brief rehearsal later, the group gathered in Ken's frigid basement apartment with producer and peer, Frank Charlton, for two days of recording. Though the work was never titled or released, those two days in December of 2006 gave birth to a band that would go on to build a reputation for their unique instrumentation and lyrics, evocative layered harmonies, and heartwarming live performances.
In the summer of 2007, Annie and the Beekeepers joined Grammy-nominated producer, Jack Gauthier, at his lakeside studio for the recording of their self-titled debut album, Annie Lynch and the Beekeepers. Creating arrangements for songs that Lynch had written months or years prior to the December 2006 session evolved into stronger collaborations, with Woodward and Lynch co-writing “The Bee Song.” The album was released in January of 2008 and has been played frequently on WERS Emerson Radio and WUMB Boston Radio, and earned fans at The Boston Globe and many other regional publications and blogs. Annie and the Beekeepers went on to play 2008’s Boston Folk Festival, CMJ and South By Southwest in 2009.
Nearly a year after their debut’s release, Adrian Olsen, a friend and producer from Berklee, invited the band to use some studio time he had at Squid Hell in Jamaica Plain, MA. Without plans or expectations, the band laid down new songs and live favorites in what Lynch describes as "a one of the most gratifying creative moments we've shared." The songs recorded that afternoon would set the foundation for the Squid Hell Sessions EP, and in the winter of 2009, the band finished recording at Garth Stevenson’s home-studio in Brooklyn. The group produced the work with the help of Stevenson, Olsen, and Kyle Vandekerkhoff. Woodward says of the process, “The recording experience was in many ways similar to what this record is about. Squid Hell Sessions is about facing life's suffering, confronting that pain, and ultimately passing through it. The sounds on this record are dark, rich, and deeply satisfying.” Lynch concludes, “Though the EP contains a lot of sorrowful emotion, it is, in essence, a celebration of music as a positive outlet. There is something strangely comforting in the sharing of one's hardships. Though we all know that each person feels pain, having songs in our lives that reflect these common emotions help us to feel a sense of unity in the times when we need that the most.”
When the band first began playing together in living rooms and basements around Boston, the mysterious disappearance of bee colonies throughout the world was receiving a great deal of attention in the media. As the group built the foundations of their band in coffeehouses and clubs around the Northeast, the collapse of the bee colonies fascinated them and inspired their name. The Bee has long been a symbol for hard work and community, and the Beekeepers were inspired to preserve and promote those same qualities by way of music and their role in the music community. To that end, the songs on their first album, 2008’s Annie Lynch and the Beekeepers and the Squid Hell Sessions EP (May 12, 2009), are honest, collaborative efforts, drawing on the sounds of Joni Mitchell, Gillian Welch, Bob Dylan, and CSNY.
Again And Again
Annie and the Beekeepers Lyrics
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Falling on my head like a memory
Falling on my head like a new emotion
I want to walk in the open wind
I want to talk like lovers do
I want to dive into your ocean
Is it raining with you
Like lovers do
Walk with me
Like lovers do
Talk to me
Like lovers do
Here comes the rain again
Raining in my head like a tragedy
Tearing me apart like a new emotion
Oh
I want to breathe in the open wind
I want to kiss like lovers do
I want to dive into your ocean
Is it raining with you
So baby talk to me
Like lovers do
Here comes the rain again
Falling on my head like a memory
Falling on my head like a new emotion
(Here it comes again, here it comes again)
I want to walk in the open wind
I want to talk like lovers do
I want dive into your ocean
Is it raining with you
The lyrics to Annie and the Beekeepers' song Again and Again describe the experience of being trapped in one's own emotions and the longing for meaningful connection with another person. The repetition of the phrase "here comes the rain again" suggests that the singer is stuck in a cycle of unfulfilling relationships and unprocessed feelings, which descend upon them like a storm. The metaphor of rain falling on the singer's head like a memory or a new emotion implies that they are haunted by past experiences and struggling to make sense of their current emotional state.
The singer's desire to "walk in the open wind" and "talk like lovers do" conveys a yearning for intimacy and authenticity, which they hope to find in a romantic partner. The phrase "is it raining with you" at the end of each chorus suggests that the singer is seeking a connection with someone who shares their emotional landscape, someone who understands what it's like to be caught in the rain.
The second verse intensifies the emotion of the song, with the rain now described as a "tragedy" that is "tearing me apart like a new emotion." This line suggests that the singer is struggling to cope with the intensity of their own feelings, which threaten to overwhelm them like a natural disaster.
Overall, the lyrics to Again and Again convey a complex and relatable emotional landscape, with the rain serving as a powerful metaphor for the singer's inner turmoil and longing for intimacy.
Line by Line Meaning
Here comes the rain again
The feeling of sadness or pain is resurfacing.
Falling on my head like a memory
It's a feeling that she has experienced before, it feels like a distant memory.
Falling on my head like a new emotion
It's a new experience, yet it feels so overwhelming, it's almost unbearable.
I want to walk in the open wind
She wants to feel free, have no restraints, and embrace the world's beauty without fear.
I want to talk like lovers do
She wants to speak in a way that expresses her love towards someone, she wants to speak without hesitation and be vulnerable.
I want to dive into your ocean
She wants to immerse herself entirely in someone's love and care without fear of being hurt or judged.
Is it raining with you
A question to understand if the other person is feeling the same way as her.
So baby talk to me
Asking someone to speak honestly and openly with her.
Here comes the rain again
Feeling that sadness or pain is repeating itself.
Raining in my head like a tragedy
The feeling is so painful and intense, it's like a tragic event is happening over and over again.
Tearing me apart like a new emotion
It's a new feeling, yet it feels so powerful that it's causing her heart to break.
I want to breathe in the open wind
She wants to feel free and breathe without fear or restraints.
I want to kiss like lovers do
She wants to express her love through a kiss passionately without any limitations.
Here it comes again, here it comes again
The feeling of sadness and pain keeps coming back, and it's almost overwhelming.
I want to dive into your ocean
She wants to immerse herself entirely in someone's love and care without fear of being hurt or judged.
Is it raining with you
A question to understand if the other person is feeling the same way as her.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Annie Lennox, David Allan Stewart
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@CostcoDog
Music Fog recordings are always fine crafted and heartfelt. The best out there! Just magical. Thank you so much.
@curtissclark7805
I still love you Annie! As I listen to this 13 years later, Again and Again and Again…
@tlove36
Good GOD, this is GREAT stuff!
@suuzzee5
Beautiful song, great video. Please keep sharing these amazing artists with the world. The revolution is needed! Suze
@0258jtj7
This is one of those voices that draws ya in and then ya don't even hear the words. Beautiful!
@senn187
Amazing...just beautiful !!!
@curtissclark7805
Nine years later! Still sounds great and still love it!!
@phillipsderek
Just perfect!
@asperdestria
Great voice good song thanks Hank for the share.
@tanukibrahma
Wow, looks like I have another favorite band from Brooklyn. Clare and the Reasons are another. This is really beautiful.