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The Good Life star… Read Full Bio ↴There are multiple artists with this name:
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The Good Life started out as a means for Tim Kasher to use a songwriting approach that differed from his other projects (namely, Cursive), but it didn’t take long for the solo project to become a band, and for that band to finally come into its own.
The Good Life’s sound has evolved from the refined, quiet pop of the first full-length, Novena on a Nocturn, to the moody hooks of 2002’s Black Out, to the sing-along anthems of divorce and disillusionment found on the recent Lovers Need Lawyers EP. The sum of these parts is found on Album of the Year.
Album of the Year brings all that is the sound of The Good Life to fruition – catchy, moody pop rock that fluctuates between the all-ages club and the smoky cabaret, right alongside sing-along crescendos that spin into cinematic bursts. In short, every song has a plan – every song is going someplace, and lyrically, going there will inevitably involve leaving, being left, or leaving in anticipation of being left. Kasher’s ability to cleverly turn an innocuous phrase into a malicious slur of ill will leaves you not knowing whether to laugh or cry, all the while giving you the distinct impression that you’ll be quoting him at some point down the road. With that said, could Album of the Year just as well be called Break-up Album of the Year? Maybe. But that would limit it to being compared only to other break-up albums, and, well, it can hold its own.
The follow-up to this year’s Lovers Need Lawyers EP features Tim Kasher, Stefanie Drootin, Ryan Fox, and Roger Lewis, as well as a guest vocal performance on "Inmates" from former The Good Life member Jiha Lee.
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The Good Life is also a recent Nels Cline live project based on the music of Ornette Colleman. The other band memebers are: Ben Goldberg on clarinet, John Dietrich on electric guitar, Trevor Dunn on electric bass and Scott Amendola on drums.
The Moon Red Handed
The Good Life Lyrics
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Is there anything you'd like to hear?
One last song before we disappear?
Some broken hearted ballad
Built for two.
By the way, it seems my notebooks have been misplaced
Those scribbled poetries of yesterday
They've no more effect on me,
The songs we don't sing are the hardest to hear.
Words left unsaid, words we wish we'd forget.
The guilt slips from our lips,
Confessions hidden behind eyelids.
Would you look me in the eye and tell me
Does the moon weep at dawn?
His brilliance exposed
By a fierce and burning sun.
The songs we don't sing we don't want to hear.
Words left unsaid well, they're only words
We lick the guilt form our lips,
We make confessions from fertile hips
And never look them in the eye.
The Moon Red Handed is a poignant and introspective song by The Good Life that explores the emotions surrounding lost love, regret, and the difficulties of letting go. The first stanza features the singer asking his lover whether they would like to hear one last song before they disappear, perhaps indicating that the relationship is coming to an end. The lyrics then go on to describe the singer's sense of disconnection from his past, specifically from the poems and notebooks he once treasured. He realizes that these old feelings hold no power over him anymore, and he is ready to move on.
The second stanza delves deeper into themes of regret and guilt. The singer describes how the songs we don't sing are the hardest to hear, emphasizing how it is often the unsaid words that weigh heaviest on our hearts. He acknowledges that confessions and apologies can be difficult to make, and we often avoid looking the other person in the eye when we do so. The final lines of the song bring home the sense of loss and missed opportunities, as the singer muses on whether the moon weeps at dawn, referencing the fleeting nature of time and the things we leave unsaid.
Overall, The Moon Red Handed is a powerful and introspective song that speaks to the universal experiences of love, loss, and regret. The lyrics are full of evocative imagery and metaphors, and the melody and instrumentation add to the emotional weight of the song.
Line by Line Meaning
tell me, dear,
May I ask you, my dear,
is there anything you'd like to hear?
Would you like to listen to anything in particular?
one last song before we disappear?
Can we play one final song before we go away?
some broken hearted ballad
A sad love song
built for two.
Intended to be heard by two people.
by the way, it seems my notebooks have been misplaced
By the way, it seems that I'm missing my notebooks
those scribbled poetries of yesterday
The handwritten poems from yesterday
they've no more effect on me,
They no longer have an impact on me
those dead feelings
Those emotions that have lost their vitality
the songs we don't sing are the hardest to hear.
The songs that we choose not to sing are the most difficult ones to listen to.
words left unsaid, words we wish we'd forget.
The things we didn't say or the things we regretted saying
the guilt slips from our lips,
The guilt comes out of our mouths
confessions hidden behind eyelids.
Confessions that we're afraid to say out loud, hidden behind our closed eyes.
would you look me in the eye and tell me
Can you please look me in the eye and answer me truthfully,
does the moon weep at dawn?
Does the moon cry in the morning?
his brilliance exposed
The moon's brightness being revealed
by a fierce and burning sun.
Due to the presence of a powerful and scorching sun
the songs we don't sing we don't want to hear.
We choose not to hear the songs that we don't sing
words left unsaid well, they're only words
Unspoken words are just words, after all
we lick the guilt from our lips,
We try to hide our shame and guilt
we make confessions from fertile hips
We confess from a place of passion and impulse
and never look them in the eye.
And we avoid looking at the consequences of our actions.
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