Born in Cleveland, in the heart of the 1980s, Prass entered the teenage slipstream back on the east coast, past the haunted houses, surf shops, and burger joints of Virginia Beach, a mid-tier, rough-around-the-edges resort town. There is an inevitability to every biography, a myriad of strange narrative palm lines that twist and intersect, and she followed hers bravely to a seam of alternative beach culture, living close to the Atlantic Ocean but studying a less bronzed way of life. With her pet bird on her shoulder, she took intensive music and visual art courses all through high school. Going to a good music school was the next logical step, but after a year in cold, snowy Boston, Prass dropped out of Berklee and returned to the beach. She spent a spell working and playing shows in boardwalk clubs before moving out to Nashville where she has spent close to the last decade developing her craft, collaborating with some of the better characters on the edges of Music City culture, building a reputation with her radiant voice, unique performances, and for being a bit of an iconoclast. Prass has carefully avoided the glossy singer-songwriter scene, reaching for something more interesting, more exciting. For her debut performance at Nashville’s storied Ryman Auditorium, she surprised fans by pulling off a guileless reggae set in front of an Isaac Hayes poster she had displayed behind her band.
When the time came to record a full length, Prass returned to Virginia to work with Spacebomb Records, a label able to realize big visions and lush productions within the rustic charm of its attic studio. The match made sense musically and her ties to Matthew E. White go back to playing in rock bands in their high school days. The two worked together, selecting nine tracks to run through Spacebomb’s creative machine. With hard work and the alchemy of circumstance, they crafted an unassuming masterpiece—a real stunner that sounds both thoroughly out-of-time and impossibly fresh.
Prass is a powerful, beguiling performer and cunning pop composer—one for the moment and one for the ages.
Reprise
Natalie Prass Lyrics
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That you'd love me only
And now you've gone and treated me like a fool
You never say where you're going
You stay out until the morning
And I know you've been treating me like a fool
All the loving I made
Then you let me down
And ever story and every lie
Won't save you from me saying goodbye (Bye)
So tonight when you're out
You'll come back to an empty house
With a note signed "Sincerely, Your Fool"
All the loving I made
All the promises that I gave
Then you let me down
And ever story and every lie
Won't save you from me saying goodbye (Bye)
I built this new life before me
But you fill up my memory
And they haunt me like memories often do
And they tell me that I'll always be your fool
I guess I'll always be your fool
In Natalie Prass's song Reprise, the lyrics tell the story of a person who was promised love by their significant other, only to be treated like a fool. The singer explains how their partner never tells them where they're going, staying out until the morning and leaving them in the dark. Despite all the promises, the love and the effort put in, they have been let down and it's time to say goodbye. The singer even goes as far as to write a goodbye note and refers to themselves as "Sincerely, Your Fool".
The lyrics convey a sense of disappointment and resignation, as the singer comes to terms with the fact that they will never be able to escape the hold their former partner has on them, despite their best efforts. The lines "I built this new life before me/But you fill up my memory/And they haunt me like memories often do" are particularly poignant, as they describe the struggle of trying to move on while still being plagued by memories of the past. The use of repetition in the chorus serves to drive home the message of being let down and saying goodbye, emphasizing the pain felt by the singer.
Line by Line Meaning
I remember you told me
I recall the time when you confessed your love to me
That you'd love me only
You assured me that you would love me exclusively
And now you've gone and treated me like a fool
But now you have acted foolishly and hurt me deeply
You never say where you're going
You never share with me your whereabouts before leaving
You stay out until the morning
You stay away all night, leaving me to worry
And I know you've been treating me like a fool
And I am aware that you have been taking me for granted
All the loving I made
All the affection I gave
All the promises that I gave
All the commitments I made
Then you let me down
But you disappointed me terribly
And ever story and every lie
And all the excuses and falsehoods
Won't save you from me saying goodbye (Bye)
Won't prevent me from ending our relationship
So tonight when you're out
When you go out tonight
You'll come back to an empty house
You will return to an unoccupied dwelling
With a note signed "Sincerely, Your Fool"
Containing a letter with a sincere signature: 'Yours truly, the person who trusted you without thinking twice'
I built this new life before me
I constructed a new life for myself
But you fill up my memory
But you occupy my thoughts every day
And they haunt me like memories often do
And they torment me, as memories usually do
And they tell me that I'll always be your fool
And they remind me that I will always be the one whom you manipulate and take for granted
I guess I'll always be your fool
I suppose I will forever be perceived as the silly one in this relationship
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing
Written by: KYLE HURLBUT, NATALIE PRASS
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Im gettin too good/sad vibes from this.. yall do y know something like thisb