Pamela Means' many honors include being named Falcon Ridge Folk Festival's #1 "Most Wanted New Artist", and both Wisconsin's "Folk Artist of the Year", and "Female Vocalist of the Year". Pamela has also been a Boston Music Award Nominee ("Outstanding Contemporary Folk Artist").
Currently, Pamela performs over 150 shows a year at clubs, coffeehouses, colleges, and festivals across the country, most notably the Newport Folk Festival, Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, South by Southwest Conference, Southern Womyn's Fest, and Michigan Womyn's Festival. Pamela is also a favorite at innumerable regional Gay Pride events, Take Back the Night rallies, and Black History Month celebrations. Pamela has shared the stage with artists including Ani DiFranco, Joan Baez, Neil Young, Shawn Colvin, Richie Havens, Patty Larkin, Melissa Ferrick, Violent Femmes, Pete Seeger, Janis Ian, and Holly Near.
Pamela's 2003 summer tour took her nationwide, promoting her fifth self-released album, Single Bullet Theory (Wirl Records, 2003), in which "...Means fires off what is easily one of the best musical summanations of our current political situation.." (Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco, CA)
Quoting her inspiration, Warrior Poet Audre Lorde, Pamela asks "I am myself- a Black woman warrior poet doing my work- come to ask you, are you doing yours?" With Truth as ammunition, a Pamela Means performance brings the fight for social justice and human dignity to the forefront of a new generation..
Restless
Pamela Means Lyrics
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You on my mind five hundred miles
October words I know by heart
I remember curves brief in my arms
You are like open sky
I am like the sea
Take me in every drop
And fall back into me
Breathing me in past your lips down your throat
It's a mighty current a persistent wave
The mark of your absence a restless ache
You are like open sky
I am like the sea
Take me in every drop
And fall back into me
In Pamela Means's song "Restless," the singer seems to be longing for someone she's separated from. The first verse takes place in Ohio as the sun goes down and the singer has this person on her mind even though they are five hundred miles away. She remembers specific words said in October and the way this person felt in her arms. In the chorus, the singer compares herself to the sea and the person she's longing for to an open sky. She wants this person to take her in completely and fall back into her.
In the second verse, the singer remembers a time when this person compared her to smoke and breathed her in. The singer describes their connection as a mighty current and a persistent wave. The absence of this person creates a restless ache within the singer. Throughout the song, the singer seems to be searching for a way to close the gap between them and be together again.
Overall, "Restless" is a beautiful and introspective song that explores the complicated emotions that come with longing for someone who is far away. The lyrics are poignant and emotional, and Pamela Means sings them with a haunting falsetto that adds to the intensity of the song.
Line by Line Meaning
Sun go down in Ohio and I find
As the sun sets in Ohio, my mind begins to wander and wonder about you.
You on my mind five hundred miles
Despite the distance, you remain on my mind and in my thoughts.
October words I know by heart
I have memorized the words you said to me in October and they remain ingrained in my heart.
I remember curves brief in my arms
I cherish the memories of the moments when you were in my arms, even if they were fleeting.
You are like open sky
You are vast and limitless, like the open sky above us.
I am like the sea
I am constantly changing and shifting, like the unpredictable sea.
Take me in every drop
I want to be consumed by your essence in every way possible.
And fall back into me
I want you to come back to me and return to the love we once shared together.
Remember that time you said I was like smoke
I cannot forget the moment when you likened me to smoke, the essence of which you couldn't help but inhale.
Breathing me in past your lips down your throat
You took me in deeply and held my essence within you, unable to get enough of me.
It's a mighty current a persistent wave
The strength of my feelings for you is like a powerful current, a relentless wave that refuses to subside.
The mark of your absence a restless ache
Your absence leaves a palpable, unshakable pain inside me that makes me anxious and restless.
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