Chelsea Joy Wolfe (born November 14, 1983 in Roseville, California, U.S.) i… Read Full Bio ↴Chelsea Joy Wolfe (born November 14, 1983 in Roseville, California, U.S.) is an American singer/songwriter and eponymous full band started in 2009 out of Los Angeles, California Her style has been described as "doom folk" and her music has been described as "a specific brand of drone-metal-art-folk."

Chelsea Joy Wolfe was born in Roseville, California, and grew up in Sacramento. She is of Norwegian and German descent. Her father was in a country band and owned a home studio. By the age of 7, she had written her first poem and by the age of 9, she had written and recorded songs which she later described as "basically Casio-based gothy R&B songs."

Inspired by the dark state of the world and the strange connection between all things, she creates a unique musical blend of goth-folk, experimental rock and spiritual realm funeral songs. With influences ranging from the great minds of Ingmar Bergman and David Lynch to Soviet and end-times literature, her songs conjure visions of other dimensions, claustrophobic echo-rooms and parking garage cathedrals.

Wolfe has recorded seven full length studio albums: The Grime and the Glow, which was released on December 28th, 2010 on limited vinyl through Brooklyn’s Pendu Sound Recordings; Ἀποκάλυψις (pronounced “Apokalypsis”), which was released as a 12” LP on August 23rd, 2011; Unknown Rooms: a Collection of Acoustic Songs, which was released on October, 2012 through Sargent House; Pain Is Beauty, out September 3rd, 2013; Abyss, which was released August 7th, 2015; and Hiss Spun, out September 22nd, 2017; Birth of Violence[7i] which was released on September 13th, 2019.

Noorus
Chelsea Wolfe Lyrics

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I was young
I was scared
I was so high I didn't care

Mind was loose
Mind was dead
Mind was jaded like quarter-fed

I was a boy
I was whore
I would take in anything you'd give

Only cared
About myself
Fuck you and your ego
Get out of my brain..

It was a war
It was obscene
It was the worst that I had been
It was a bag of chocolate coins

It wasn't water
It wasn't free

It was the worst that I had been
It was the death of some kind of scene

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Chelsea Wolfe's song Noorus paint a bleak picture of a person who is lost in a haze of drugs and self-absorption. Throughout the song, the singer describes their state of mind during a particularly trying time in their life, when they were young, scared, and high all the time. The repetition of the phrase "it was the worst that I had been" underscores the sense of despair and hopelessness that characterizes their experience.

The second verse shifts focus to the singer's behavior during this period. They describe themselves as a "boy" and a "whore" who would do anything for a fix, including taking in anything that was offered to them. Their focus was entirely on themselves, which is evident in the line "Only cared about myself/ Fuck you and your ego/ Get out of my brain." The use of violent language and profanity highlights the intense anger and bitterness that the singer feels towards others, as well as their own self-destructive tendencies.

Overall, Noorus is a hauntingly beautiful song that captures the dark side of addiction and the toll it takes on the human psyche. The lyrics are deeply introspective, and Wolfe's voice is raw and emotional, creating a sense of catharsis that is both powerful and melancholic.

Line by Line Meaning

I was young
At the time of the experience, I was youthful and inexperienced

I was scared
I was feeling afraid and vulnerable

I was so high I didn't care
I was under the influence and had lost my inhibitions

Mind was loose
My thoughts were scattered and unorganized

Mind was dead
I was mentally numb

Mind was jaded like quarter-fed
My mind was cynical, like that of someone who has spent a lot of time playing arcade games

I was a boy
I was still immature and had a lot to learn about life

I was whore
I was being promiscuous and not picky about who I slept with

I would take in anything you'd give
I was willing to accept anything, even if it was harmful or toxic

Only cared
At that moment, I was solely focused on

About myself
My own needs and desires