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1. Gordi is a indie-pop s… Read Full Bio ↴There are multiple artists with this name:

1. Gordi is a indie-pop singer/songwriter based in Sydney, Australia.

2. GORDI - ex-Yugoslavian rock / Heavy Metal band

Raised in the small, farming community of Canowindra in Australia’s New South Wales, amongst a minuscule population of 2381, Payten learned to play piano and guitar in her house — with Billy Joel on near-constant rotation. She left the rural life in her late-teens to pursue a medical education in Sydney alongside her musical career. The dichotomy of those environments — the pastoral and the modern — is surely a guiding influence in Gordi’s music. Earthy, wistful folk songs are cloaked in delicate-but- bold electronic production. And what an effortlessly flooring voice to carry it all, at once fractured and brimming with richness. These are songs you could hear bouncing through the alleyways of the city as much as you could hear them rolling across the fields. Fans in Payten’s native Australia have already been treated to a number of these magical musical moments courtesy of consistent rotation on triple j and FBi Radio, including nominations for a triple J J Award and 2 FBi SMAC Awards in 2015, on top of being named triple j Unearthed’s most played artist during 2015.

The single, "Can We Work It Out" has the big, worldly drums of those aforementioned Peter Gabriel classics and a towering, multi-layered vocal chorus that will instantaneously sear itself into your musical memory. The soft gallop and airy melody of EP opener “Nothing’s As It Seems” feels like the bittersweet sunset of a four-day weekend on the water. “So Here We Are”, a heartbreaking lo-fi piano and vocoder-led ballad. While the instrumentally lush “Wanting” submerges you in a joyous sonic landscape, a bold aesthetic for a tale of longing and reconciliation.

Moments in the EP may recall the early albums of Beth Orton, but more storming and redesigned for the stadiums, festivals and amphitheatres of the 21st Century. Staking that claim, Gordi is already sharing stages with contemporaries like Of Monsters And Men, Highasakite, Little May, Dustin Tebbutt and more. Clever Disguise was created with Melbourne producer Ben McCarthy with additional production by Alex Somers (Sigur Ros) and Francois Tetaz (Gotye). And if it’s merely an aperitif for what Gordi has coming up, we’re in for a magnificent show.

“An absolute work of splendour that will almost certainly make her a star"
- Stereogum (Artist to Watch; top songs of 2015)

“A song to score a daydream”
- Pigeons & Planes

“Breezy, wintry melancholy at its finest”
- The Guardian

“Our standards for indie-folk music this year have been set very high by artists like Vance Joy and Xavier Dunn, but here, we find that Gordi is still capable of surpassing our expectations with her lovely first offering, Nothing’s As It Seems”
- Hilly Dilly (Top 25 Australian songs 2014)

“What’s not to like about this”
- Stuart Murdoch, Belle & Sebastian

“Brand new label mate that is REALLY crushing music – G-O-R-D-I”
- Justin Vernon (Bon Iver)

"Gordi's most lushly atmospheric and spaciously produced work to date"
- The Line of Best Fit

"As abrasive as it is gorgeous"
- All Song Considered, NPR Music

"The smooth, low timbre of her voice feels like that still time of the morning before anyone else is awake, watching blooms of ice to melt into the window"
- Yen Magazine

“What a beauty! Smart production, sublime songwriting”
- Dom Alessio, triple j

“It is without a doubt that Gordi is charismatic individual, easily able to hold a crowd in the palm of her hand”
- Semplesize

“A musical mystic pulled from the pages of some pastoral romance.”
- Music Feeds

All the Light We Cannot See
Gordi Lyrics

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Know you think you know me better
Standing where you are
But I have tried to tell you
That I don't know where you are
Do you feel bigger?
Do you feel better now?

'Cause I don't feel better now

And all the light we cannot see
I won't ever take it from you now
Take it from you now
And all the light we cannot see
I'm no better, better than you now
I'm no better than you now

Wanna tell you that I understand
But I have never known
How you'd ever ask a hundred times
And watch what hills grow on you
You can realize what you're missing out
And I know

And all the light we cannot see
I won't ever take it from you now
Take it from you now
And all the light we cannot see
I'm no better, better than you now
I'm no better than you now
I'm no better than you now

You can hold it
Like it's nothing
Though it's something to me

You can hold it
Like it's nothing
Though it's something to me

You can hold it
Like it's nothing
Though it's something to me

And hey, you can hold it
Like it's nothing
Though it's something to me

And all the light we cannot see
I won't ever take it from you now
Take it from you now
And all the light we cannot see
I'm no better, better than you now

I'm no better than you now
I'm no better than you now

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "All The Light We Cannot See" by Gordi reveals the complexities of human relationships and the struggles that come with it. The song seems to be about a strained relationship where one person feels misunderstood and unheard. The first verse sets the scene for the song, where the singer suggests that the person he/she is talking to thinks they know him/her, but the reality is the singer feels misunderstood. He/she has tried to explain this situation to the other person, but nothing seems to change. The question, "Do you feel bigger? Do you feel better now?" could be the singer's way of questioning whether the person he/she is talking to feels superior for not listening.

The chorus, "And all the light we cannot see, I won't ever take it from you now, Take it from you now, And all the light we cannot see, I'm no better, better than you now, I'm no better than you now" suggests that there is some light, some truth, some understanding that the singer acknowledges exists within the relationship. It seems that the singer is not willing to take that light away from the other person but wants this person to understand that he/she is no better than him/her, and the light between them should be shared.

In the second verse, the singer tries to understand the other person better but finds it difficult because he/she has never been in their shoes. The lines, "How you'd ever ask a hundred times, And watch what hills grow on you, You can realize what you're missing out" suggest that the other person might be trying to communicate something to the singer, but because the singer feels unheard, he/she is unable to understand the situation. The line, "And I know" seems like an admission that the singer realizes that he/she might not be capable of understanding the other person.

Overall, "All The Light We Cannot See" by Gordi seems like a plea to find common ground within a relationship. The singer acknowledges that there is something positive that they both share, a kind of light, but that light needs to be nurtured and shared equally for there to be true understanding.

Line by Line Meaning

Know you think you know me better
You may believe you have me all figured out

Standing where you are
From your current perspective

But I have tried to tell you
However, I have explained to you

That I don't know where you are
That I am not sure where you stand

Do you feel bigger?
Do you feel more significant?

Do you feel better now?
Do you feel more content now?

'Cause I don't feel better now
Because I am still not content

And all the light we cannot see
There are aspects of life that remain unseen

I won't ever take it from you now
I will not deprive you of it

Take it from you now
Rob you of those unseen experiences

I'm no better, better than you now
I am not superior to you