Heather Nova is the Bermudian Songwriter who grew up on a boat in the Caribbean and went on to sell over 2 million albums in her 15 year career to date. She has released seven albums and has opened for artists like Van Morrison and Neil Young as well as performed with artists like Sarah McLachlan. She has also had hit records with co-writes featuring artists like ATB (Renegade), and Eskobar (Someone New).Her brother is the Reggae singer Mishka.
By the end of the 1980s, after leaving RISD, Heather moved briefly to New York City (where she unsuccessfully tried to interest some major labels in a demo including Columbia , who rejected her, only to sign her five years later ), before moving to London, England. She has British citizenship due to her Bermudan origin. In 1990, she released her first recording, an EP called 'Heather Frith' — she had not yet changed her name by then. The name change came a year or so later after several gigs in the Netherlands, where, after finding out that the Dutch have trouble pronouncing "Frith," she chose a name that would be easily pronounceable in every European language, "Nova," her Canadian mother's maiden name.
The new name debuted in 1993 with her second EP 'Spirit in You' and her first full album, 'Glow Stars'. The success of the album led her to record and release her first live album, 'Blow', the same year, which she supported by a tour of Europe. A year later in 1994 she released what many consider to be her finest work to date, the emotional yet jagged album 'Oyster', for which she toured for almost two years. Another live album, 'Live from the Milky Way', was released in 1995, and after its release she toured for nearly three years straight, twice joining Sarah McLachlan and others on the North American Lilith Fair, which is a music festival with only female performers. Heather is also a frequent performer at European music festivals such as Roskilde.
In 1998, the long-awaited follow up to 'Oyster' was released. After the release of 'Siren', Heather took a break while various television show and film soundtracks licensed some of her songs and her record company (Sony Records/The WORK Group) released various singles from the album, which received only moderate play on America's MTV2, Europe's MTV and Canada's MuchMusic and on mainstream radio, although she was popular on college radio. Also during this time, she recorded a version of the often covered Billie Holiday song, 'Gloomy Sunday', for the German WWII drama Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod. In 2000, she released yet another live album, called 'Wonderlust'.
Over the years, Heather has written and recorded over a hundred songs, so that her albums are selected from work that has often already been performed live, rather than being conceived during rushed songwriting sessions. Half the songs on 'Siren' had been written during the 'Oyster' sessions and were frequently played live prior to being committed to a studio session, and most of the songs for 2001's 'South' were written between 1999 and 2000 while she was on hiatus from touring. With the release of 'South', she returned to the international spotlight with an appearance on the soundtrack of the John Cusack movie "Serendipity", a couple of music videos, and a collaboration with Swedish band Eskobar, for a song called "Someone New", also released as a video, which proved so popular that it was played primarily on America's MTV, not just MTV2 (which is normally reserved for less-popular songs). 'Storm', Heather's fifth studio album, was released in late 2003 on Big Cat Records, as was 'Redbird', released in 2005.
In 2002, she self-published 'the sorrowjoy', a 72-page book of her poetry and drawings. An album of the same name was released in March 2006, which featured Nova reading the poems from her book set to ambient music. The album has only been available for purchase at concerts beginning with the Intimate Evening tour, from the fan-run websites, HeatherNova.Net and HeatherNova.De, and from the official website, www.heathernova.com.
The album Storm was released in 2003. It was a more refined album, using Mercury Rev as Heather's backing band. The album was Top 5 in Germany and Top 10 across Europe. It was an album of dark ballads, marking a step away from the polished sound of South. It was also Heather's first release on her own record label, Saltwater Records. Despite being pregnant, she toured hard with a new line up and band, before returning home to Bermuda. (A live DVD was made of these concerts (live at the Union Chapel)
Blood Of Me
Heather Nova Lyrics
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It's gonna rain hard soon
I know you're gonna leave
It's like a storm inside
You're the blood of me
You're the truth that hurts
You're the drug that works
Why do people change
When hearts, hearts still beat the same?
You're the blood of me
You're the truth that hurts
You're the memory yeah
You're the drug that works
I don't believe you when you tell me
I don't believe you when you hold me
I don't believe you.
You're my medicine
I don't believe you when you fuck me
You're the blood of me
You're the blood of me
You're the truth that hurts
You're the memory, yeah
You're the memory
You're the drug that works
You're the blood of me, yeah
You're the blood of me
You're the truth that hurts, hurts
You're the memory, yeah
You're the memory
You're the drug that works
Big ring around the moon
Gonna rain hard soon
The song Blood Of Me by Heather Nova is a song about the pain and confusion of being in love with someone who is no longer fully committed to the relationship. The opening lines "big ring around the moon, it's gonna rain hard soon" sets a gloom tone, foreshadowing the heartbreak that is to come. The singer then goes on to admit that they know their lover is going to leave, and refers to the feeling inside as "like a storm." Their lover is "the blood of me," meaning that they are an essential part of the singer's life, but the truth of the situation hurts. The lover is also compared to a drug that works; though they may cause pain, the high of their love is too addictive to let go.
The singer then questions why people change when their hearts still beat the same, a question that many can relate to when faced with a change in a loved one's feelings. Throughout the chorus, the repeated lyrics of "you're the blood of me, you're the truth that hurts, you're the memory, you're the drug that works" emphasize the singer's conflicting emotions. They cannot deny their love for their partner, yet the pain they cause is undeniable. The final lines, "I don't believe you when you fuck me," shows the ultimate betrayal the singer feels, as their lover still pretends to be intimate with them despite their impending departure.
Line by Line Meaning
Big ring around the moon
The presence of a halo around the moon suggests that it will rain heavily soon.
It's gonna rain hard soon
The halo around the moon indicates impending heavy rain.
I know you're gonna leave
I sense that you're going to leave me soon.
It's like a storm inside
The feeling of your imminent departure is causing turmoil inside me like a storm.
You're the blood of me
You are an integral and inseparable part of me like blood.
You're the truth that hurts
You are honest with me which sometimes can be painful to hear.
You're the memory
You are a constant reminder of our shared past together.
You're the drug that works
Your love is like a drug that makes me feel happy and complete.
Why do people change
Why do people change despite the fact that their hearts remain the same?
When hearts, hearts still beat the same?
Even though the feelings and emotions remain the same, why do people undergo changes?
I don't believe you when you tell me
I don't trust you when you speak to me.
I don't believe you when you hold me
I don't believe that you really hold me, it doesn't feel genuine.
I don't believe you. You're my medicine
I don't trust you, but I rely on you for my emotional well-being.
I don't believe you when you fuck me
I don't believe that you really connect with me sexually.
You're the blood of me
You are still an inseparable part of me despite our differences.
You're the memory, yeah
You are the embodiment of my past and my memories.
You're the blood of me, yeah
You are still an integral part of me.
You're the truth that hurts, hurts
You are honest with me which can be difficult to accept.
You're the memory, yeah
You remind me of our shared past.
You're the drug that works
Your love is like a drug that makes me feel happier and fulfilled.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: NOVA
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