After dropping out of high school, Marshall started performing under the name Cat Power, while in Atlanta, backed by musicians Glen Thrasher, Mark Moore, and others. She soon moved to New York City, New York, United States in 1992, then later opening for Liz Phair in 1994, she met Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth and Tim Foljahn of Two Dollar Guitar, who encouraged her to record, and played on her first two albums, 1995's Dear Sir and 1996's Myra Lee. In 1996 she was signed to Matador Records, and released her third album, What Would the Community Think, which spawned a single and music video, "Nude as the News".
Shortly following the release of What Would the Community Think Marshall disappeared from the musical scene, initially working as a baby sitter in Portland, Oregon and then moving to a farmhouse in Prosperity, South Carolina with boyfriend Bill Callahan (who performs under the name Smog). The plan was to permanently retire from music but during a sleepless night resulting from a nightmare, Marshall wrote several new songs. These songs would make up the bulk of Moon Pix. The album was recorded at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne in eleven days with backing musicians Mick Turner and Jim White of the Dirty Three. The album was well-received by critics, and gained her recognition in the indie rock scene. However, during the subsequent tours she grew tired of her own material. This resulted in a series of shows during 1999 involving Marshall providing musical accompaniment to a series of screenings of the silent movie The Passion of Joan of Arc. The shows combined original material and many covers, many of which would later see release on The Covers Record, a collection of cover songs recorded at various sessions in 1998 and 1999. A selection of covers that didn't make it on to the album were recorded at Peel Acres, home of the highly influential and legendary British DJ John Peel. The session was broadcast on his BBC Radio 1 show and featured Marshall's own interpretations of Bob Dylan's "Hard Times in New York Town" amongst others.
In 2003 she resumed releasing original material with You Are Free, a diverse and critically acclaimed album that featured guest musicians such as Eddie Vedder, Dave Grohl, and the Dirty Three's Warren Ellis.
2004 saw the release of Speaking for Trees, a critically polarizing DVD which featured a single two-hour static shot of Marshall performing in a woodland. It was accompanied by an audio CD containing the 18-minute song "Willie Deadwilder", which featured M. Ward on guitar. 2005 found Cat Power out on the road again, touring the world and playing sold-out solo shows, including an Australian tour supporting Nick Cave. The shows largely consisted of material for her next album.
Cat Power's seventh record, The Greatest, was released in January, 2006. This was not a "Greatest Hits" record but rather a collaboration with Al Green's guitarist Teenie Hodges and many other well-known R&B musicians. A tour followed in the fall of 2006.
Early in 2006, Marshall announced the cancellation of her upcoming United States tour, citing "health-related issues". A few days later, Matador announced the cancellation of her two shows in London and Paris. She resumed touring in April 2006, playing some of the most well received shows of her career both with the Memphis Rhythm Band and as a solo performer.
In 2007, she played live music for the spring/ summer Chanel Haute Couture collection in Paris and appeared in Wong Kar Wai's film My Blueberry Nights as Katya. Also in 2007, she became the first female ever to win the Shortlist Music Prize when The Greatest was voted album of the year in June. Earlier in the year she was nominated in the Best International Female category at the annual Brit Awards, alongside more mainstream artists like Christina Aguilera and Nelly Furtado.
On January 22, 2008, Cat Power released a second collection of covers called Jukebox--her eighth LP overall. It included versions of songs by artists such as Hank Williams, James Brown, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Patsy Cline and Janis Joplin.
Since then, she has released an EP called "The Dark End of the Street" on vinyl, only.
Cat Power released her first original song since 2008 just before Christmas 2011 when an MP3 of "King Rides By" was made available on her official site, in exchange for a donation of at least $0.99 to the Festival of Children Foundation and the Ali Forney Center charities. (King Rides By Songfacts).
In 2012, Cat Power released her 9th studio album, Sun which received generally positive reviews from critics. The album was included in several year-end lists by music critics and publications. Rolling Stone magazine, in their list of the "50 Best Albums of 2012", ranked it at sixteenth place, writing "the idea of the brilliantly morose Chan Marshall making a dance-rock record is almost absurd. Yet the groove-powered Sun is a perfect fit." The A.V. Club placed the album at number twenty-two on their list of the "Best Albums of 2012." Billboard also placed the album at number nine in their list of the "10 Best Albums of 2012."The L.A. Times and Filter magazine both placed the album at number six in their lists of the best albums of 2012. Sun was also included on two separate "Best Music of 2012" lists compiled by NPR, appearing at number five on the list compiled by Bob Boilen,while topping the list compiled by Robin Hilton. The album was also listed twenty-eighth on Stereogum's list of top 50 albums of 2012. Thus, becoming Cat Power's most successful original album.
In April 2015, Marshall announced that she recently had a baby.
In February 2016, Marshall had to cancel her New Zealand shows due to health reasons. According to an official press release, this is the first time in Marshall's 18-year touring history she has been forced to postpone, but is "determined to make it back ASAP, and in good health".
Lost Someone
Cat Power Lyrics
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A million to one
Ten thousand people
Under my false
Someone, the one, my one
The only one
That's the someone
The only one
That's the someone
That I lost
He's nothing but a stranger
Come on home to me
I'm so weak on my knees
Help me, help me please
Please, please
Good God Almighty I love you
I lost someone
One trillion to one
A million people
Under the big old sun I see
My one on the street
Looking like a bomb
That's my one
That's my someone
He's the one
He's
Help that one
He's nothing but a stranger
Bring on home to me
He's so weak on both his bended knees
Can you help me, help me please
Gee whiz, I miss the one that I need
I lost someone
The lyrics to Cat Power's song Lost Someone are about the emotions and feelings of losing a loved one. The opening line "I lost someone, a million to one" sets the stage for the sense of hopelessness and despair that come with the loss of someone important. The following lines, "Ten thousand people under my false" suggest that the singer may be feeling isolated or disconnected from others, perhaps an indication of the idea that while many people may be around, nobody can replace the person who was lost.
The repeated phrase "the only one, that's the someone" reinforces the idea that this person was unique and irreplaceable. The singer expresses a desperate plea for the one who was lost to come back, repeating "help me, help me please" and "bring on home to me." This desperate plea is further emphasized by the use of the phrase "he's so weak on both his bended knees."
The song is a heartfelt ballad that is easy to relate to for anyone who has ever lost someone close to them. It is a beautiful expression of the pain, emptiness, and longing that comes with the loss of a loved one.
Line by Line Meaning
I lost someone
I lost a person that was important to me
A million to one
It was very unlikely to lose this person
Ten thousand people
There were many people around, but the lost person was unique
Under my false
The persona had hidden something, and this affected the relationship with the lost person
Someone, the one, my one
The lost person was someone special, unique, and irreplaceable
The only one
There was no one else like the lost person
That's the someone
That was the person that the persona had lost
That I lost
The persona lost that person forever
He's nothing but a stranger
The lost person became a stranger because of the circumstances that led to losing him/her
Come on home to me
The persona wants to see the lost person again
I'm so weak on my knees
The persona is devastated by the loss of the person
Help me, help me please
The persona needs help to recover from the loss
Please, please
The persona is pleading for help
Good God Almighty I love you
The persona expresses a deep love for the lost person
One trillion to one
Losing the person was almost impossible
Under the big old sun I see
The persona remembers the good times with the lost person
My one on the street
The persona sees someone on the street who reminds him/her of the lost person
Looking like a bomb
The person that the persona sees is not in good condition or in a desperate situation
That's my one
The persona recognizes the lost person in the person that he/she sees
That's my someone
That's the person that the persona lost
He's the one
That person is irreplaceable
Help that one
The persona wants to help the person that he/she sees on the street because he/she reminds him/her of the lost person
Bring on home to me
The persona wants the lost person to come back home
He's so weak on both his bended knees
The person that the persona sees is in a desperate situation
Can you help me, help me please
The persona asks someone to help the person that he/she sees on the street
Gee whiz, I miss the one that I need
The persona expresses how much he/she needs and misses the lost person
Lyrics © WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC FRANCE
Written by: BOBBY BYRD, JAMES BROWN, LLOYD EUGENE STALLWORTH
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
David Altamirano
I lost someone
A million to one
Ten thousand people
Under my false
Someone, the one, my one
The only one
That's the someone
The someone
The only one
That's the someone
That I lost
He's nothing but a stranger
Come on home to me
I'm so weak on my knees
Help me, help me please
Please, please
Good God Almighty I love you
I lost someone
One trillion to one
A million people
Under the big old sun I see
My one on the street
Looking like a bomb
That's my one
That's my someone
He's the one
He's
Help that one
He's nothing but a stranger
Bring on home to me
He's so weak on both his bended knees
Can you help me, help me please
Gee whiz, I miss the one that I need
I lost someone
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I hope everyone realizes this is a cover of the great James Brown’s classic 1961 hit song.