Nite Jewel is the performing moniker of Ramona Gonzalez. She is a composer,… Read Full Bio ↴Nite Jewel is the performing moniker of Ramona Gonzalez. She is a composer, songwriter, and multimedia artist from Los Angeles, California, where she has exhibited a number of video and sound installation pieces. A recent sound installation entitled “The Question Concerning Technology” has been transcribed to traditional notation by Human Ear Music founder, Jason Grier. She has collaborated with Julia Holter and Cole M.G.N. of Haunted Graffiti, curated two exhibitions at the Tiny Creatures gallery, and performed the work of Michael Pisaro. She was a philosophy student at Occidental College in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles.

The Nite Jewel project is a remarkable combination of revisionist Bronx pop and hazy musical impressionism. Like her ex-pop peers, Ariel Rosenberg and Geneva Jacuzzi, she records solely on portable 8-track cassette deck, often composing her songs by layered tape edits. In Nite Jewel’s case, however, the quality of her chosen medium seems to be neither a means nor an end, but rather a device to lend an ethereal kind of efficacy to the golden age of alternative disco. As influences, she has cited dance floor greats Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam and Debbie Deb, 90’s R&B, as well as Experimental, New Age, and ShoeGaze.

2 Good 2 Be True
Nite Jewel Lyrics

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Try not to know ya
Retraining order
I did everything
Yeah in my power
To get you outta
I was thinking

And months would pass but

I couldn't stop myself from searching for you
Oh but I know that I lost control, yeah
It was too good to be true

Oh I thought I was freed of you and me
But it's just too good to be
Yeah, I thought I was freed of you and me
But it's just too good to be

True
True
True
It's just too good to be true
True
True
It's just too good to be true

Oh I'm in love, yeah, with another
Happiness is so near (so near)
I close my eyes and
Your still alive in
My deepest fear

Oh I thought I was freed of you and me
But it's just too good to be
Yeah, I thought I was freed of you and me
But it's just too good to be

True
True
True
It's just too good to be true
True
True
It's just too good to be true

When you're in my mind it's close enough
You're always at bay
So shouldn't let go in case you move
It's monstrous to me

True
True
It's just too good to be true
True
True
It's just too good to be true

True
True

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Nite Jewel's song "2 Good 2 Be True" convey a sense of struggle and contradiction in a past romantic relationship. The singer expresses their attempts to distance themselves from someone, possibly due to a restraining order, and the realization that they lost control despite their efforts. They acknowledge that they thought they were free from this person and the relationship, but deep down, they know it was just too good to be true.

The lyrics suggest a complex emotional state, where the singer is both trying to move on and find happiness with another person, but still feels the presence of their past lover in their deepest fears. The repetition of the phrase "It's just too good to be true" emphasizes the conflicting emotions and the realization that the relationship was not as perfect as it may have seemed.

Overall, the lyrics of "2 Good 2 Be True" explore the struggle of letting go of a relationship that seemed ideal but ultimately proved to be problematic. It reflects the complexities of human emotions and the difficulty of moving on from past experiences.

Line by Line Meaning

Try not to know ya
I attempted to avoid getting to know you

Retraining order
I obtained a legal order to keep you away from me

I did everything
I did everything within my capability

Yeah in my power
Yes, using all the power I had

To get you outta
To remove you from my life

I was thinking
I was contemplating

And months would pass but
And months went by but

I couldn't stop myself from searching for you
I was unable to prevent myself from looking for you

Oh but I know that I lost control, yeah
Oh, but I acknowledge that I lost control

It was too good to be true
It was excessively perfect to be real

Oh I thought I was freed of you and me
Oh, I believed that I was liberated from us

But it's just too good to be
But it's simply too remarkable to be

Yeah, I thought I was freed of you and me
Yes, I thought I was liberated from us

Oh I'm in love, yeah, with another
Oh, I am in love, yes, with someone else

Happiness is so near (so near)
Happiness is very close

I close my eyes and
I shut my eyes and

Your still alive in
You are still alive within

My deepest fear
My greatest fear

When you're in my mind it's close enough
When you are in my thoughts, it feels near

You're always at bay
You are always present, but at a distance

So shouldn't let go in case you move
So I should not release my grip in case you make a move

It's monstrous to me
It is overwhelming to me

Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Cole Greif Neill, Ramona Gonzalez

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01In the Nite2:46

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Try not to know ya
Restraining order
I did everything
Yeah, in my power
To get you outa
I was thinking

And months would pass but
I couldn't stop myself from searching for you
Oh but I know that I lost control, yeah
It was too good to be true

Oh I thought I was freed of you and me
But it's just too good to be

Yeah, I thought I was freed of you and me
But it's just too good to be

True
True
True
It's just too good to be true
True
True
It's just too good to be true

Oh I'm in love, yeah, with another
Happiness is so near (so near)
I close my eyes and
You're still alive in
My deepest fear

Oh I thought I was freed of you and me
But it's just too good to be
Yeah, I thought I was freed of you and me
But it's just too good to be

True
True
True
It's just too good to be true
True
True
It's just too good to be true

When you're in my mind it's close enough
You're always at bay
So shouldn't let go in case you move
It's monstrous to me

True
True
It's just too good to be true
True
True
It's just too good to be true
True
True