There is more than one artist with this name, including:
1) Feist is Ca… Read Full Bio ↴There is more than one artist with this name, including:
1) Feist is Canadian singer and songwriter Leslie Feist;
2) Feist was a British drum 'n' bass artist active during the 1990s.

1) Feist is Canadian singer and songwriter Leslie Feist (born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, on 13 February 1976) who performs as a solo artist and also as a member of Broken Social Scene. Because her father is American, Feist has dual Canadian-U.S. citizenship.
Raised in Regina and Calgary, Feist got her start in music as the lead vocalist for a punk band called Placebo (not the more famous British band Placebo), who won a local Battle of the Bands competition and were awarded the opening slot at a Ramones concert. After five years of touring, Feist was forced to take time off from music to recover from voice damage. She moved from Calgary to Toronto in 1998 and took up guitar; by 1999, she was the guitarist for By Divine Right. She also released her debut solo album, Monarch (Lay Your Jewelled Head Down), that year. The album was financed by a grant from the Canadian government.
In 2000, Feist moved in as a roommate with Peaches and Gonzales, and appeared as a guest vocalist on The Teaches of Peaches and Presidential Suite. She then joined the recording sessions for Broken Social Scene's albums Feel Good Lost and You Forgot It in People.
Feist then moved to Paris, and while in Europe, she collaborated with Norwegian duo Kings of Convenience as a guest vocalist on their album Riot on an Empty Street. Feist recorded her second solo album, Let It Die, in Paris in 2002 and 2003. That album, a combination of jazz and bossa nova was hailed as one of the best Canadian pop albums of 2004 and got her two Juno Awards (The Canadian equivalent of the Grammys). This album also helped her to gain a significant international audience.
She released a remix album entitled Open Season in April 2006.
From different directions, it is said the voice of Feist fits in the range of Ella Fitzgerald or more of an alternative Norah Jones.
Her third album The Reminder was released on April, 23rd 2007 in Europe, and May, 1st in the rest of the world and is composed of thirteen tracks. Pitchfork rated the album an 8.8.
Her song 1234 from The Reminder was also used in a commercial for the third generation iPod nano. Feist wrote the song with Sally Seltmann, an Australian singer who records as New Buffalo. Speaking with Songfacts, Sellmann said she wrote the song after a good friend told her she was leaving her husband.
Also, her song Mushaboom was used on a Lacoste commercial for their fragrance, A Touch of Pink (as seen in south america), while shortly afterwards, My Moon My Man was used to promote a mobile phone newly released by LG. She also sang the soundtrack for Paris, je t'aime: La même histoire.
Her fourth album Metals was was recorded live over a period of two and a half weeks inside a house on the Northern California coast. It was released on September 30, 2011 in Ireland, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden and Belgium; October 3, 2011 in the United Kingdom; and October 4, 2011 in the United States and Canada. (Source How Come You Never Go Songfacts).
Website: http://www.listentofeist.com/

2) Feist was a British drum 'n' bass artist active during the 1990s. Recordings include "New World Penetration", "Too Many Heroes", Too Many Heroes (Deflection Mix)", "Pensive Moments", "Ether Excursion", ....

Let It Die
Feist Lyrics

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Let it die and get out of my mind
We don't see eye to eye
Or hear ear to ear

Don't you wish that we could forget that kiss?
And see this for what it is
That we're not in love

The saddest part of a broken heart
Isn't the ending so much as the start

It was hard to tell just how I felt
To not recognize myself
I started to fade away, away, away

And after all it won't take long to fall in love
Now I know what I don't want
I learned that with you

The saddest part of a broken heart
Isn't the ending so much as the start
The tragedy starts from the very first spark
Losing your mind for the sake of your heart

The saddest part of a broken heart
Isn't the ending so much as the start

Overall Meaning

Feist's "Let it Die" is a poignant song that explores the aftermath of a break-up. The lyrics "Let it die and get out of my mind, we don't see eye to eye, or hear ear to ear" emphasize the difficulty of two people moving on from a relationship. Though they once shared intimacy, they now can't seem to communicate. The next line "Don't you wish that we could forget that kiss?" shows how the memory of the past consumes the present, making it hard for them to move on.

The following lines "And see this for what it is, that we're not in love" acknowledge that the relationship failed and they both have to face the harsh truth. The idea of not recognizing oneself after a breakup is also present as part of the process of moving on. "It was hard to tell just how I felt, To not recognize myself, I started to fade away, away, away" suggests that losing a relationship also means losing part of oneself.

The chorus, "The saddest part of a broken heart, Isn't the ending so much as the start" emphasizes that the tragedy of a break-up lies in the beginning of the relationship itself. The "very first spark" leads to a "tragedy" that can damage an individual's mental and emotional state. The lines "And after all it won't take long to fall (in love), Now I know what I don't want, I learned that with you" shows the singer's growth through the heartbreak; that they can identify what they don't want in future relationships because of what they learned in their past failed one.

Line by Line Meaning

Let it die and get out of my mind
Let go of the memories and move on from the past

We don't see eye to eye
We do not share the same perspective

Or hear ear to ear
We do not listen to each other

Don't you wish that we could forget that kiss?
Wouldn't it be better if we could erase that moment?

And see this for what it is
And accept the reality of the situation

That we're not in love
That we do not have romantic feelings for each other

The saddest part of a broken heart
The most painful aspect of a broken heart

Isn't the ending so much as the start
Is not the end of the relationship as much as the beginning

It was hard to tell just how I felt
It was difficult to express my emotions

To not recognize myself
To feel like I had lost my identity

I started to fade away, away, away
I began to disappear, mentally and emotionally