I’ve been waiting for a new album from the immensely talented Sarah McLaghlan since 1997, it is finally here!
In an interview on CNN’s The Music Room program, she was asked:
TMR: Your lyrics have always been intensely personal. Do you ever want to hear poetry in your lyrics, is that important to you, or is it whatever comes out of you?
MCLACHLAN: … Usually one or two lines come out easily and then the rest of the process of trying to write the song is trying to create a story with words and trying to use words and language in an interesting way so that you’re not just like, “The sky is blue.” Yeah, let’s try to say it in a really beautiful and interesting way that makes you think of a few other things.
It’s so the meaning is not instantly obvious in the lyrics. I try to hide things a little so the listener can find their own interpretation. And people will often come up to me and say, “What did that song mean?” and I’ll say, “What did that mean to you?” They’ll tell me, and I’ll say, “Oh that’s really interesting,” and it’s completely not what I had in mind. That’s the wonderful thing about music. It is what you take it and make for yourself. So I say, “Yeah, that’s what it meant.”
Source: CNN TMR Interview
I can’t wait to get this album. You can hear a few snippets and watch the first single “Fallen” on Sarah’s official website.
