With themes related to the pacific northwest, Gibson writes songs on a nylon-stringed guitar. In November 2004, she self-released an EP, Amends, produced and engineered by Drew Grow, on a laptop, in a house in Newberg, Oregon. Following this initial release, Laura released her debut full-length in November, 2006 titled If You Come to Greet Me on Hush Records. Engineered by Adam Selzer (Norfolk and Western, M. Ward, The Decemberists) and recorded completely on analog tape, songs on If You Come to Greet Me vary from pieces composed with bare-bones guitar and voice, to an orchestra of trumpets, piano, vibraphone, saw, violin, cello, banjo and found sounds. Songs have described as, "haunting portraits of nostalgia and intimacy, of loneliness and wide-eyed hope".
The La Grande Songfacts reports that Laura Gibson's fifth album is titled after La Grande, a small town situated in the forests of the Pacific Northwest where she parked her trailer and wrote and recorded the ten tracks that make up the record. It was released in January 2012.
Gibson's latest album Empire Builder was released April 1st, 2016 on Barsuk Records / City Slang.
Sweet Deception
Laura Gibson Lyrics
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Oh cruel, cruel cruelest comfort
I have known the first
And I have known the last
Of your kind
Sweet Deception
My one consolation
Sweet Deception
Of best intentions
Are you a keeper of names? A bearer of sins?
Do you hide yourself in bones and skin?
Oh sweet deception!
Sweet deception
Most careless of loves
Shall I call your name
Or learn to be
Alone?
Laura Gibson's Sweet Deception is a song full of introspection, questioning oneself and searching for answers within. The lyrics talk about deception being "cruel, cruel cruelest comfort", suggesting a paradoxical feeling of comfort in lying to oneself. The song is essentially about the inner struggle one experiences when trying to differentiate between reality and their own perceptions. The phrase "Sweet Deception" could very well be a metaphorical representation of a dark and tempting force that one battles with. It highlights how one may find solace in falsehoods and build a comfortable nest inside an unattainable dream.
Line by Line Meaning
Oh cruel, cruel cruelest comfort
Addressing someone or something that has brought comfort but with a cruel twist.
I have known the first
The first instance of the cruel comfort has been experienced before.
And I have known the last
The final instance of the cruel comfort has been experienced.
Of your kind
The cruel comfort has been experienced multiple times from similar sources.
My one consolation
The only source of comfort left.
I will find my rest in the quietest of lies
Will find peace in deception, since the truth brings discomfort.
Of best intentions
The source of deception was intended to help or protect.
Are you a keeper of names? A bearer of sins?
Asking if the deception is responsible for keeping secrets or bearing faults.
Do you hide yourself in bones and skin?
Asking if the deceiver hides amongst people or is a part of human nature.
Oh sweet deception!
Acknowledgment of the allure of deception despite the pain it causes.
Most careless of loves
Description of the dangerous and thoughtless nature of deceitful love.
Shall I call your name
Wondering if it's worth continuing a relationship with the source of deception, or acknowledging it as a significant influence or factor.
Or learn to be alone?
Wondering if it's better to go without the source of comfort if it means avoiding further pain.
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Gibson, Laura A
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