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)
My Rock Is Crumbling
Daniel Norgren Lyrics
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Just the other day
Ge still has a little left
But soon he's all blown away
We talked about this and that
The coming and the past
I didn't really know what to say
It's real at last
My rock is crumbling
We talked about this and that
The coming and the past
I didn't really know what to say
It's real at last
My rock is crumbling
My rock is crumbling
The lyrics to Daniel Norgren's song My Rock Is Crumbling describe a conversation between the singer and someone he went to see. The person he visited still has a bit of strength left, but the singer knows that soon they will be gone. They talk about different things, both the present and the past, but the singer doesn't know what to say. He realizes that this is it, the end of something solid and dependable. That's why he repeats the refrain "My rock is crumbling" twice. The finality of the situation has hit him, and he's coming to terms with the fact that soon he will be without this person's support.
The song is about loss, but it's not clear what kind of loss. It could be a parent, a friend, or a mentor. The person he's visiting could even be himself, and he's realizing that he's not as young as he used to be. It's a song that captures the universal feeling of losing someone or something important, but also the confusion that comes with it. Even though the singer knows that the end is near, he still can't fully express his feelings. The lyrics leave a lot of room for interpretation, and listeners can imagine their own losses while listening to it.
Line by Line Meaning
I went to see him
I visited someone recently
Just the other day
Very recently
He still has a little left
He hasn't lost everything yet
But soon he's all blown away
He will lose everything soon
We talked about this and that
We discussed various topics
The coming and the past
Both the future and the past
I didn't really know what to say
I didn't have much to contribute to the conversation
It's real at last
Finally, the situation is becoming a reality
My rock is crumbling
My secure foundation is falling apart
My rock is crumbling
My secure foundation is falling apart
Contributed by Ruby N. 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.