delilah's response by andi starr

so, after last week's positive song (take a stand by stephan said), i'm here to present you with a downer of one. don't get me wrong - it's lovely and wistful, but as many good songs are, it deals with the death of a relationship.

i think what i find so intriguing about delilah's response, by singer-songwriter andi starr, a classically trained pianist, is that the narrator owns up to her role in what's happened. she basically says, "i screwed him over, i sort of want props for it, but on the other hand...i did the right thing. right? right??" it's a different viewpoint - so many songs offer up laments and regrets and a variety of other feelings that people drown in after their relationship goes kaput, but starr brings out a side that isn't looked at often.

it's a delicate song, with it's gentle use of piano and soft, tentative vocals - which makes a good foil for the lyrics. because life is complex, and messy, and even if you do something on purpose, even if you mean it - you can still have regrets. and andi starr conveys this bit of contradiction nicely.

as i watched him sleep
my strength, it did betray
but they say i did the right thing by sending him away

what is love,
when you fall in love
with the one you love
that you can't love anymore?

i'm looking at our photograph
while lying on the floor
it says: from sampson, to his girl, "the one i so adore."
i tricked him
i know i did
i tricked him
i know i did

what is love
when you fall in love
with the one you love
that you can't love anymore?
shower me with gold
and all your accolades
say i did the right things
by sending him away

surely you've walked through fire
surely you've looked through wine
surely you've felt the flame
surely you've known desire
desire

(mp3) delilah's response by andi starr

here's a video of little bird, off of the same album delilah's response is on:



buy the world will follow, the album delilah's response is off of, HERE.