So I've sort of defaulted to basically trying to choose the path less taken kind of thing, both sonically, lyrically , and in every other way.Because I'm finding I get more into what I'm doing, the creative aspect, faster that way.
No one really cares, like get to the next dance or the next song. and lyrically . We had to kind of simplify things for the kids.
Now the Argentinian pampas are huge — about the size of Beyoncé’s Texas. And Sarmiento describes them lyrically : “immense the plains, immense the forests, immense the rivers: the always uncertain horizon.” Apparently everything is bigger in Argentina, too.
And this record, lyrically -- this record exhausted me, Jay. I've never been lyrically exhausted in my life. My second record's done by the time I get-- my next record is usually done by the time I'm finished with the record I'm working on--
You'd play it, she'd be sleeping at the other end of the house, and she'd hear it, walk over a little bit, And then lyrically , I never worry about the lyrics coming.
And it lives with me for a long time. And I think lyrically , it's a similar thing, isn't it?
I think the second most important thing is the structure of the book. You can write lyrically about a wonderful idea. But if the structure is off, the reader will be turned away.
My life is a song filter-- lyrical filter. But this is the first record that lyrically exhausted me. I've got nothing after this one-- at the moment.
This one started from the perspective of a performer. And I want to give people lyrically a backstage, up close and personal emotional look at what my life is. I want to be more as vulnerable as I could be with the lyrics.
Wouldn't you-- Yeah. I thought it was a lot more fun than that. And then, I think lyrically , sometimes-- Huh?
And either it's blue or it's not. And this record, lyrically -- this record exhausted me, Jay. I've never been lyrically exhausted in my life.
that's just a crappy, banal sentence. Your favorite writers can write that much more eloquently and lyrically . But then inner editor plays a big, role in NaNoWriMo in the sense that it's all about banishing the inner editor.
know why um but getting closer and closer to this project something just it just started to make sense and I noticed that like lyrically sometimes the songs would just have a little bit more like of a stance than usually than than than I would usually have in my music and then finally when
Like it's a very specific kind of bubble that isn't dangerous for us. The music has actually changed quite a bit, lyrically .
What do you think is the connection that brought so many people to this particular record? It's very much-- it's probably the most open album we've ever made lyrically , thematically. There's a great deal of honesty on it, which I think people always connect with.
But it's kind of freeing in a way. So that was the inspiration for doing it, just speaking honestly and musically and lyrically and seeing what happens.
And I really loved them. I thought the melodies were really cool, and I thought lyrically they were just like, wow. You could be a musician.
And I started writing. Yeah. And these guys are taking what really is lyrically the most advanced-- it's the most advanced kind of lyricism.
This one was started from the perspective of a performer, and I wanted to give people lyrically a backstage, up close and personal emotional look at what my life is.
But I try to have that come into the art I really try to have that lyrically .
So I started learning the first song, "Beyond James Café." And I just remember, lyrically , some of the things didn't roll off my tongue naturally.
Or just not so much, maybe, vocally great, but lyrically rich.
And then I went back to being a writer, actor, and then I discovered music and started writing, you know, lyrically that way and also rediscovered myself as a prose
You've almost got like-- you know, there's like a different story from the visual aspect than the song itself, both lyrically and musically.
that you're not really sure what's going on, it's about a lot of things lyrically .
Of course. The Saison Du BUFF, which actually is a lyrically themed beer, it's a Saison brewed with parsley, sage, rosemary, and--
And so looking back, you know, there are certain tunes in this repertoire that lyrically remind me of that whole process.
I never do. Every conversation I ever have, every book I ever read, every-- it's all working its way into becoming a song. My life is a song filter-- lyrical filter. But this is the first record that lyrically exhausted me.