After such a whirlwind year, Sarah has returned to Los Angeles to set up ho… Read Full Bio ↴After such a whirlwind year, Sarah has returned to Los Angeles to set up house and begin work on her next solo album. The first full-length album from Sarah Winters highlights her signature heartbreaking lyrics and intimate vocals. The album, titled “Smallest Bones”, was released in April 2010 and is an assortment of love songs. Sarah’s voice is one that often catches people off guard. She’s not afraid to use her full range, and there’s a weakness in her voice that lends itself well to the heartbroken lyrics she pens. Sarah is venturesome enough to go to an awkward place vocally, whether it’s holding a note a little too long or using unusual phrasing. The way she displaces syllables is sometimes Tori Amos-like, and she also has a vocal flip like Tori’s, showing a distinct difference between upper and lower registers. On “Smallest Bones”, the vocals are immediate and exposed, having a sound similar to St. Vincent or Rachel Yamagata albums. It’s as if she’s sitting in the same room as you. Every single vowel, consonant, inhale, exhale, and spit movement is heard. The lyrics Sarah writes are often true stories from relationships past, painfully honest and painfully intimate. Sarah plays the piano in a very deliberate patterned style, similar to Kate Bush or Regina Spektor. This provides the perfect backdrop for lyrics and vocal melodies, which are the focal point of the songs.

Swimming Pools
Sarah Winters Lyrics

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Drunk i'm walking with you Next to the swimming
pool Cold concrete burns my feet In the early night
heat 5 o clock you and me Glass fall crushed on the floor
My cold feet red bleeding i don't care keep singing singing
sinking dying diving loving leaving pulling pushing falling
feeling swimming swinging singing sinking dying diving
falling feeling swimming swinging loving leaving pulling
pushing singing sinking dying diving in the cold heat of the pool

falling feeling swinging swimming singing sinking dying diving
falling feeling swinging swimming loving leaving pulling pushing
singing sinking dying diving loving leaving pulling pushing falling
feeling swinging swimming in the cold heat of the pool
You teased me i want more i would restart from here i feel
like i'm a whore what am i doing my dear i'm lost and i don't
know where i am what i do you're just a little girl i'm just lost in your world
singing sinking dying diving loving leaving pulling pushing falling
feeling swinging swimming singing sinking dying diving falling
feeling swinging swimming loving leaving pulling pushing singing
sinking dying diving loving leaving pulling pushing falling feeling
swinging swimming singing sinking dying diving falling feeling
swinging swimming loving leaving pulling pushing
pulling pushing singing sinking dying diving loving leaving pulling

pushing falling feeling swinging swimming in the cold heat of the
pool in the cold heat of the pool in the cold heat of the pool

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Sarah Winters's song Swimming Pools describe a nighttime drunken adventure with a mysterious companion. They walk next to a swimming pool, with the cold concrete burning their feet in the early night heat. As they continue to drink, glass falls and shatters on the floor, but they continue singing and seemingly unconcerned about the injuries sustained from the broken glass. The chorus repeats phrases like "singing sinking dying diving" and "loving leaving pulling pushing falling feeling swimming swinging," which convey a sense of being lost in the moment and giving oneself over to the sensation of being in the water.

The second half of the song takes on a more ominous tone as the singer becomes aware of their own vulnerability and confusion. They feel like a "whore" and are ashamed of their actions, confessing that they are lost and don't know where they are or what they are doing. The repeated phrases in the chorus take on a darker meaning as well, with the themes of sinking and dying becoming more pronounced. The uncertainty and vulnerability of the singer is compounded by the realization that their companion is just a "little girl" and that they themselves are lost in her world.

Overall, Swimming Pools is a hauntingly beautiful song that captures the sense of being lost in a moment and the consequences that can arise from giving oneself over to the experience.

Line by Line Meaning

Drunk i'm walking with you Next to the swimming pool
I'm walking with you while drunk next to the swimming pool.

Cold concrete burns my feet In the early night heat
The concrete is cold but burning my feet in the heat of the night.

5 o clock you and me Glass fall crushed on the floor
It's 5 o'clock and we are together. A glass falls and shatters on the floor.

My cold feet red bleeding i don't care keep singing singing sinking dying diving loving leaving pulling pushing falling feeling swimming swinging singing sinking dying diving falling feeling swimming swinging loving leaving pulling pushing singing sinking dying diving in the cold heat of the pool falling feeling swinging swimming
My feet are cold and bleeding, but I don't care. I keep singing and feeling a range of emotions while swimming in the cold heat of the pool.

You teased me i want more i would restart from here i feel like i'm a whore what am i doing my dear i'm lost and i don't know where i am what i do you're just a little girl i'm just lost in your world singing sinking dying diving loving leaving pulling pushing falling feeling swinging swimming singing sinking dying diving falling feeling swinging swimming loving leaving pulling pushing singing sinking dying diving loving leaving pulling pushing falling feeling swinging swimming in the cold heat of the pool in the cold heat of the pool in the cold heat of the pool
You teased me and I want more. I feel like a whore and I'm lost, not knowing where I am or what I'm doing. You're a little girl and I'm just lost in your world while singing and feeling a range of emotions while swimming in the cold heat of the pool.

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