You and your dad are dancing in the kitchen
Life is slowing down, but it's still bitchin'
I got myself a rod, but I could break it
My back is still as strong as I can make it
Plus you're mine
So who would rush right through it, child of mine?
I’m not even listening to the song rn because I’m nursing my daughter to sleep but you bet I’m weeping just hearing it in my head 🥲 thank you Laura Marling, life IS still bitchin’ just in a different way.
Jan 31, 2025
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this one and caroline (obviously) always get me when listening to this album. we don’t deserve laura marling
Jan 31, 2025
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Back towards the end of pregnancy with my son, there were a couple of songs that stuck with me that I decided were songs that he liked from within the womb. This was one of those songs. I still have never listened to another song by this band, but I sing it to him every night.
It is not really a love song, definitely not a song for a child, but it is one of my songs for him. I had a two day labor with him, it was a very long and intense experience. It’s hard to describe the mixture of sleeplessness, hormones, drugs, and absolute beyond anything I’ve ever felt love I was experiencing. I hear this song and I’m just taken back to those middle of the night wakings, walking around with him, so utterly in love.
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When I first heard this song, I was 14. I found it on a 7" record from the 80's, along with a Panasonic turntable, collecting dust in the basement. I hooked it up to the stereo, my mother came home, I put it on. I remember us dancing in the living room and although the song was upbeat, she was soon crying.
"This was our song; your father's and mine." He had passed the year before.
We had a mother-and-son-night-in that night I'll never forget. Popcorn, dancing, TV, gossip. Many stories of my dad were told. In the background VH1 was playing, that channel that only plays music from 30 years ago. By chance the music video to that song came on.
Sorry for the wall of text. The music video is by no means a masterpiece, it's just deeply personal for me.
I still miss you, mom.
https://youtu.be/xvFZjo5PgG0
Jan 31, 2025
my mum always used to always play me the song as a little kid. as i grew up i realised it would have been her comfort song after splitting up with my dad... heartbreaking stuff, but i have very fond memories associated with it - dancing in the kitchen with her, singing along to it in the car etc. 🫶🏾
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