As a live artist he often performs all on his own, with his one man band on electric guitar, drums, kazoo and harmonica, but he also performs with a full band.
In reviews he has been compared with artists like RL Burnside, Tom Waits, White Stripes and Son House etc with one thing underlined: He's a quite unique artist with an untouched feeling in his music and expression.
Norgren has released eight studio albums: Kerosene dreams (Superpuma Records, 2007), Outskirt (Superpuma Records, 2008), Horrifying Deatheating Bloodspider (Superpuma Records, 2010), Black Vultures (2011), Buck (2013), Alabursy (2015), The Green Stone (2015) and Wooh Dang (2019)
Lonely Girl
Daniel Norgren Lyrics
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Theres one little girl in the green grass
Shes has no friends
So she's all alone
Playing alone in the green grass
She has no friends so she's all alone
Makin up games in the green grass
No one would ask her to come along
No body knows how it feels to be alone
Down by the trees on the school yard
No body knows how it feels to be alone
Down by the trees on the school yard
The lyrics to "Lonely Girl" paint a vivid picture of a young girl isolated and lonely on the schoolyard. She is by herself in the green grass, making up games and playing alone. The repetition of the line "She has no friends so she's all alone" emphasizes the depth of her isolation. No one is inviting her to play or asking her to come along. The lines "No one would ask her to come along/No one would miss her if she's gone" highlight the harsh reality of her situation - she is truly alone in the world.
The final lines of the song, "No body knows how it feels to be alone/Down by the trees on the school yard" drive home the theme of loneliness and isolation. The girl's experience is one that is overlooked and forgotten by her peers, and her struggle is one that is deeply relatable to listeners of all ages. The song serves as a powerful reminder of the importance of reaching out to those who are struggling and making sure that no one feels alone.
Line by Line Meaning
Down by the trees on the school yard
The setting is a school yard, where there are trees around and a sense of isolation.
Theres one little girl in the green grass
The focus is on a single young girl, lying in the grass amid the trees.
Shes has no friends
She is friendless, and appears to have no one to confide in or talk to.
So she's all alone
Because she has no friends, she is solitary and has no company.
Playing alone in the green grass
The girl has no gaming partner, but she is comfortable doing games by herself.
She has no friends so she's all alone
The loneliness of the girl is emphasized again, that her condition is due to the lack of companions.
Makin up games in the green grass
Her invention of games indicates both that she is creative and that she finds pleasure in simple activities.
No one would ask her to come along
No one in the school seems to want to befriend her or include her in their activities.
No one would miss her if she's gone
It's probable that no one would even notice if she weren't in school, saying that her lack of friendship is so pronounced that she is ignored as a whole.
No body knows how it feels to be alone
The chorus is poignant and repeats the idea that nobody can truly understand the girl's experience of being isolated from others.
Down by the trees on the school yard
The chorus brings the setting back in focus and reinforces the themes of the song.
Contributed by Eli J. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Mike Woodhams
on Stuck In The Bones
The lyrics to this beautiful song struck the deepest of chords in my soul. They exquisitely echo my own experience with the death of my father, a man who meant everything to me. My interpretation is that the two brothers are taking their beloved but ailing mother for a final drive before her inevitable passing, which is indicated in the final verse with the metaphor of the sun going down. I similarly took my ailing father out of hospital for a brief drive in the sun before returning him, and he passed shortly after.
This experience together did indeed “stick in my heart and my lungs and my bones” and will for all my remaining days.