Currently based in Brooklyn, NY, USA, van Etten débuted with single Much More Than That (2007, Abaton Book Company). Her album Are We There was released on 14 May 2014 on Jagjaguwar).
van Etten moved to Tennessee to attend Middle Tennessee State University, where she discovered a variety of influential music. After moving back home to New Jersey, she was encouraged by Kyp Malone of TV on the Radio to pursue a career in music.
van Etten undertook her first UK tour with Meg Baird in Jan 2008. She toured with Great Lake Swimmers on their European tour in May 2009, kicking it off with a show in London with Beirut and Shearwater. She again toured with them in September/October 2009.
On May 26th, 2009, she released her "Because I Was in Love" single on 12" vinyl, CD and MP3 on Language of Stone.
She was the first artist to record in 2010 for the Weathervane Music's Shaking Through video series.
On September 21, 2010, her sophomore album, "Epic" was released on Ba Da Bing. The powerful 7-track album featured much more instrumentation than her first, primarily-acoustic affair. The evolution of her sound proved that she is much more than a traditional folk singer-songwriter.
The release of Epic coincided with a difficult break-up of a relationship. She busied herself with touring for the record, but when the singer completed her schedule a year later, she found herself homeless in New York. After a period of sleeping on friends' couches, recovering from her heavy touring schedule, she hooked up the National's guitarist Aaron Dessner to record her third album, Tramp, which was released on February 7th, 2012.
May 2014 brought about the release of Van Etten's fourth record, Are We There, on Jagjaguwar. Van Etten self-produced the record with Stewart Lerman, with the guidance of bandmate and manager Zeke Hutchins. Most of the recording was done at Hobo Sound Studios in Weehawken, New Jersey, with piano tracks being recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York City. The record features musicians Zeke Hutchins, Doug Keith, Heather Woods Broderick, Dave Hartley, Adam Granduciel, Marisa Anderson, Stuart D. Bogie, Mickey Free, Mary Lattimore, Little Isidor, Jacob Morris, Torres' Mackenzie Scott, Shearwater's Jonathan Meiburg, Lower Dens' Jana Hunter, and Efterklang touring member Peter Broderick.
In 2015, the EP I Don't Want to Let You Down was released on Jagjaguwar. It is composed of the songs that did not make it onto Are We There.
On October 2, 2018, Van Etten released a new track entitled "Comeback Kid" and announced her next album Remind Me Tomorrow, which was released on January 18, 2019. On February 28, 2019, Van Etten appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to perform the single "Seventeen".
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One Day
Sharon Van Etten Lyrics
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You won't have a shout any more
One day, you'll be in the ground
You're over and out, and
You've missed the last tube home
One day, you'll be on your own
You won't have a shout any more
You're over and out, and
You've missed the last tube home
Woke up this morning, heard someone snoring
Knobheads going on about modern life is boring
Bears have their own music, no-one can prove it
Just like I'm a guy of guys
You think I'm gonna move it
One day, you'll be on your own
You won't have a shout any more
One day, you'll be in the ground
You're over and out, and
You've missed the last tube home
Sum up together, nobody's the wiser
It's life in the sunshine, that's what I would advise her
One day, you'll be on your own
You won't have a shout any more
One day, you'll be in the ground
You're over and out, and
You've missed the last tube home
One day, you'll be on your own
You won't have a shout any more
One day, you'll be in the ground
You're over and out, and
You've missed the last tube home
Woo!
Yeeh-ha!
One day, you'll be on your own
You won't have a shout any more
One day, you'll be in the ground
You're over and out, and
You've missed the last tube home
The lyrics of Sharon Van Etten's song "One Day" suggest an overall theme of mortality, change, and the inevitable passage of time. The repetition of the lines "One day, you'll be on your own / You won't have a shout anymore / One day, you'll be in the ground / You're over and out, and you've missed the last tube home" emphasizes the idea that everyone eventually faces death and that this is a truth that can't be ignored. The line "Woke up this morning, heard someone snoring / Knobheads going on about modern life is boring" signifies the mundanity of daily life in comparison to the grander ideas of life and death that the rest of the song touches upon.
The line "Bears have their own music, no one can prove it / Just like I'm a guy of guys, you think I'm gonna move it" is a bit more mysterious, but can be interpreted as Sharon Van Etten contemplating the existence of intangible and unproven things such as one's personality or self-identity. The final lines of "Sum up together, nobody's the wiser / It's life in the sunshine, that's what I would advise her" implies a kind of acceptance or even resignation in the face of mortality. Overall, the song seems to be saying that change is inevitable and that one should strive to live as fully and authentically as possible in the limited time they have.
Line by Line Meaning
One day, you'll be on your own
Someday, you'll live without a partner or ally
You won't have a shout any more
You will lose your voice of influence
One day, you'll be in the ground
Eventually, your physical body will rest beneath the soil
You're over and out, and
You've completed your mission and
You've missed the last tube home
You're too late to make it back to safety
Woke up this morning, heard someone snoring
I woke up and heard another person sleeping
Knobheads going on about modern life is boring
Foolish people are complaining that modern-day living is dull
Bears have their own music, no-one can prove it
Bears may have music they enjoy, but there is no scientific evidence to support this
Just like I'm a guy of guys
In the same way, I am a man's man
You think I'm gonna move it
You believe I will change my mind or position
Sum up together, nobody's the wiser
When combined, the situation or information remains unclear
It's life in the sunshine, that's what I would advise her
Life is best lived in happiness and joy, that's what I would recommend to her
Woo!
Expression of excitement or enthusiasm
Yeeh-ha!
Expression of excitement or triumph
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Hipgnosis Songs Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Sharon Van Etten
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@kathrineaivalioti98
Sister don't mind that I'm not on time
She knows that I'm through with that
Sick of trying, don't like mine
Mama still love and daddy still love
They know that I'm here like that
Unlike mine, true and kind
Call me outside and I will now be
And I will be fine with that
You don't leave me now, you might love me back
Distance is fine, I know you can care
And nothing is big like that
You don't see me now, I don't see you back
[Chorus]
One day I'll be fine with that
One day I'll be fine with that
One day I'll be fine with that
You don't leave me now, do you love me back?
Just to remind you, I'm a mistake
How come you don't want to know
You don't want to see, you don't want to show
Kicking myself, I know that you're tough
Yeah, we can pretend we're that
Gotta see how, you gotta leave that
[Chorus]
One day I'll be fine with that
One day I'll be fine with that
One day I'll be fine with that
You don't leave me now, do you love me back?
Snow is outside but I'm by your fire
I feel all the love you bring
You gotta see how we can see this out
Summer in mind and spring by your side
We'll see all the love we'll keep
Gotta see that we can be that
[Chorus]
One day I'll be fine with that
One day I'll be fine with that
One day I'll be fine with that
You don't leave me now, do you love me back? (x4)
@denisebuurman4610
Just heard this great song (that grabbed me immediately) for the first time which played at the end of the film "Moving On". So many talented artists out there "that are under the radar" from "mainstream radio music". The best music, by far, are little gems like this. I'm just an old Grams that has always loved music, and love to discover these "special artists" like Sharon Van Etten....a girl and her guitar, and talented songwriter to boot!!!
@yolym.489
I agree!! Heard it on that movie tonight and had to find out who sings it. She has a beautiful, soulful voice. I’m her new fan from now on.
@malekartorian3054
Theres just something about the song.
Cant stop listening to it
@furiousgeorge413
This gem has healing properties..
@sara.1377
furiousgeorge413 it does. It really does.
@lisacolbert5987
furiousgeorge413 precisely why I'm watching it. Can feel my mitochondria transforming to pre adult-life-hell condition. Yup.
@furiousgeorge413
+Lisa Colbert sending these positive vibes your way friend ✌
@arialoren4877
I thought I was the only one who felt this .. when I’m sad and grieving, I put this on and out of nowhere I get up and the room becomes the dance floor I sing and dance the tears away to.
@clarecooper6673
Love this message stream. And I'm with you all 💛
@1984craine
this woman is crazy talented