This Side Of The Blue

Album: The Milk-Eyed Mender (2004)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song is about a strange happiness and things falling into place. It uses a lot of local and highly intellectual references, such as "See him fashion a cap from a page of Camus," referring to the French philosopher Albert Camus.
  • In the UK, this was used in an Orange TV add which featred this song in the background about the New York Blackout. >>>
    Suggestion credit:
    Thomas - Londonion, England, for above 2

Comments: 1

  • Jes from Kings Lynn, United KingdomJoanna Newsom is completely underestimated as a lyricist. People can't get past her voice, which is a shame because all of her lyrics to all of her songs are incredible. Story like, her words capture the imagination. This one in particular is fantasic. Soft poetry with a beautiful meaning...
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