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Florence + The Machine – ”What The Water Gave Me” (2011)
“What the Water Gave Me” (Lo que el agua me dio) är en målning av Frida Kahlo från 1938.
Det är just Frida Kahlo som, tillsammans med Virginia Woolf, har inspirerar den här sången. Vatten som gemensam nämnare.
Sångerskan Florence Welch har berättat om bakgrunden (i Digital Spy, 2011):
”It’s a song for the water, because in music and art what I’m really interested in are the things that are overwhelming. The ocean seems to me to be nature’s great overwhelmer. When I was writing this song I was thinking a lot about all those people who’ve lost their lives in vain attempts to save their loved ones from drowning. It’s about water in all forms and all bodies. It’s about a lot of things; Virginia Woolf creeps into it, and of course Frida Kahlo, whose painfully beautiful painting gave me the title”.
“Time it took us
To where the water was
That’s what the water gave me
And time goes quicker
Between the two of us
But oh my love, don’t forsake me
Take what the water gave me
Lay me down
Let the only sound
Be the overflow
Pockets full of stones
Lay me down
Let the only sound
Be the overflow”
Jorgens spellistor 