Her influences are varied, including Nina Simone, Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Simon and Garfunkel, and Velvet Underground. She has sung with Badmarsh & Shri album and worked with Twisted Nerve artist Pedro.
Her album, Leave to Remain, was greeted with critical acclaim, and her earlier Little Black Numbers was nominated for a Grammy award.
In 2010 Williams collaborated with former Delicate Vomit member Anna Spencer as The Crayonettes on the album Playing Out - Songs for Children and Robots
In 2012 she launched a new project called 'The Pond.'
A trio with Simon Edwards and Ginny Clee, the project mixed by Portishead’s Adrian Utley.
Breath
Kathryn Williams Lyrics
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He looks at me slowly
Each morning he gets up
I lie and miss his body
It's not a waste of time
To feel the heat
Leave the sheets
Waiting for the end of now is life
The gas on the sun sizzles
We wait around like rain inside clouds
Inside clouds clouds
I don't have a plan
I've usually got one
I want this to last
I think I can hold on
It's not a waste of time
To drive past his work
Because breath between talking is life
Waiting for the end of now is life
The gas on the sun sizzles
We wait around like rain inside clouds
Inside clouds clouds
Because breath between talking is life
Waiting for the end of now is life
The gas on the sun sizzles
This song is playing with the idea of the small moments that make up the larger picture of a relationship. The singer speaks about her daily routine with her partner - watching him get up in the morning while she stays in bed, driving past his work, and feeling the warmth of their intimacy. The chorus of the song - "Because breath between talking is life, waiting for the end of now is life" - speaks to the idea that it's not just the big moments and milestones that make up a relationship, but the smaller ones as well, the moments in between the bigger moments. These small moments are the ones that give life to the relationship, that keep it going.
The lines "The gas on the sun sizzles, we wait around like rain inside clouds" evoke a sense of waiting, of anticipation. The singer is waiting for something, or perhaps waiting for nothing, but she's waiting nonetheless. The line "we wait around like rain inside clouds" is particularly interesting - it brings to mind the image of rain building up inside clouds until it's heavy enough to fall to the ground. It's a beautiful metaphor for the idea of waiting for something to happen, of anticipation building until it's finally released.
Overall, the song seems to be a meditation on the small moments that make up a relationship, and the beauty and importance of those moments. It's about finding meaning in the mundane, and cherishing the little things that make up our lives.
Line by Line Meaning
He knows who I am
The singer is known by her lover
He looks at me slowly
Her lover observes her carefully and intimately
Each morning he gets up
The singer's lover has a regular routine
I lie and miss his body
She feels his absence when he's not next to her in bed
It's not a waste of time
She believes that certain actions or emotions are worth pursuing
To feel the heat
The warmth of their love is important to her
Leave the sheets
Permanently departing from bed/comfort to pursue greater love/aims
Because breath between talking is life
Small moments and breaths between conversations are what make life
Waiting for the end of now is life
Enjoying and cherishing the present moment is essential to life
The gas on the sun sizzles
The sun signifies the intensity and passion of their love
We wait around like rain inside clouds
They're waiting together, oblivious to the world, like droplets of water suspended inside clouds
I don't have a plan
The singer has no clear plan for her future
I've usually got one
She usually has a set goal or ambition
I want this to last
She desires for their love to endure and persist
I think I can hold on
She believes that she can persevere through challenges towards achieving her goals
To drive past his work
The singer has overlaid her love and pursuits onto the mundane aspects of life, like her commute.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: GINA WILMA KUSCHKE, LEW WILLIAMS, IFE LADI
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AntimGrahan
nice song
bedfall
sweet