music – Page 2 – Katja Malmborg

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I walked down to the lake. The sun was almost painful in the water, the smells of leaves on the ground intoxicating. I sat down on a cliff, read some in the book with Annika Norlin lyrics. She always manages to creep up on me. I think I know my favorite songs, the most potent of herContinue reading “*”

sing me a song

And I forgot to tell you. I have a new love. The week after returning from Russia, I went to a concert with dad. I had not slept properly for more than a week, and the day had been long and filled with computers acting up, so I was exhausted. But as soon as theContinue reading “sing me a song”

#19: On the brain (March 17th)

I’ve been having this song on a loop in my head lately. Like a mantra. An old favorite, feelings rekindled. A verse in the middle goes: This is how it works: You’re young until you’re not. You love until you don’t. You try until you can’t. You laugh until you cry. You cry until youContinue reading “#19: On the brain (March 17th)”

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Just like some liquids can be fat-dissolving, the album Super Extra Gravity by The Cardigans is angst-dissolving. The heavy base. So loud in the headphones that nothing else can be heard: I’m hot baby don’t burn your fingers

my favourite faded fantasy (December 23rd)

Damien Rice has released a new album. His third. I bought and downloaded it over the internet while in Kumasi, and have been listening to it ever since. His voice, the melancholy and honesty. Its addictive. In the song “The greatest bastard”, he sings: “Am I the greatest bastard that you know? When will weContinue reading “my favourite faded fantasy (December 23rd)”