I had a meeting at a nearby Borders yesterday and decided to see if they carried any Sufjan Stevens CD's. His CD, Illinois, is fantastic. But no luck on finding more Sufjan.
While looking for his stuff I stumbled across a CD with a sticker on the front with a quote from John
Mayer. The CD is "Poetry and Aeroplanes" by Teitur and the quote said, "It's unbelievable...the best record I've heard in a long time." That was enough to get me to listen to some of the songs at Borders, and they were very good. So I dropped $12.99 and got the CD.
Wow! Great CD. Teitur is a Danish singer-songwriter and his music is sorta Paul Simon-ish. Great melodies, acoustic, folk, poetic. Check out a video of a live performance of "Sleeping with the Lights On." and the CD at Amazon.
Here are the lyrics to another great song.
"You're the Ocean"
There’s too much sky, not enough blue
There’s too many questions to why I love you
There’s too many clouds, not enough sun
The rain must fall on everyone
I’m fire-you’re the ocean
I’m energy-you’re the rhythm
Love is somewhere in between
What you believe and what you dream
I’m just trying to make you mine
You’re the ocean
There’s too much doubt and not enough dare
There’s too much decision everywhere
There’s too much talk and not enough time
Let’s close our eyes and not our minds
I’m fire-you’re the ocean
I’m energy-you’re the rhythm
Love is somewhere in between
What you believe and what you dream
I’m just trying to make you mind
You look for leads, I follow clues
You love to win, I dare to lose
Mostly you’re a mind game in my head
You are earth, I am water
I can give you what you’re after
You can be the word…I can be the rhyme…
There’s really nothing you can do
You’re going where I’m going too
Stay beside me, stay beside me
I want you
I’m fire-you’re the ocean
I’m energy-you’re the rhythm
Love is somewhere in between
What you believe and what you dream
I’m just trying to make you mine
You’re the ocean