“That is a song about a secret. When you lose all your privacy, when you become transparent, or when you make yourself transparent, what is it you’re losing? You’re losing your secrets.
So I wanted to make some songs about secrets. And also, how great they can be, because I believe secrets can make...
[Verse 1]
Can you walk on the water if I, you and I?
Because your blood's running cold outside the familiar true to life
Can you walk on the water if I, you and I?
Or keep your eyes on the road and live in the familiar, without you and I
It glows with gates of gold, true to life
[Chorus]
For our love is a ghost that the others can't see
It's a danger
Every shade of us you fade down to keep
Them in the dark on who we are
(Oh, what you do to me)
Gonna be the death of me
It's a danger
'Cause our love is a ghost that the others can't see
[Verse 2]
We took a walk to the summit at night, you and I
To burn a hole in the old grip of the familiar, you and I
And the dark was opening wide, do or die
Under a mask of vermillion ruling eyes
[Chorus]
And our love is a ghost that the others can't see
It's a danger
Every shade of us you fade down to keep
Them in the dark on who we are
(Oh, what you do to me)
Gonna be the death of me
It's a danger
'Cause our love is a ghost that the others can't see
Familiar was written by Agnes Obel.
Familiar was produced by Agnes Obel.
Agnes Obel released Familiar on Wed Jun 29 2016.
While it may sound as if Obel is accompanied by a separate vocalist, the chorus for “Familiar” is actually comprised of pitched down and distorted versions of of Obel’s own layered vocals. Obel has experimented with altering her vocals before and tends to heavily layer her songs with separate record...