“Good Love” is based on a dream Natasha had about being on a road trip, trying to find a town where her lover was.
Most of the recording is part of the original demo.
[Verse 1]
In the nighttime we are found
Misty sorrow swoop unbound
Whisper you mean it, say you'll stay
Hold my heart till brighter days
[Verse 2]
Now I am searching and I'll do it alone
This Queen of Hearts dancing on her throne
But I need sorrow, baby, like sorrow is the drug
So will I ever find that place they call 'Good Love'?
[Chorus]
Good love
Past it last night in a dream
Good love
And my heart caught fire
[Verse 3]
I drove past true love once, in a dream
Like a house that caught fire, it burned and flamed
And the magician disappeared as quickly as he came
And with a sound like white magic caught in a black car's blazing trail
[Bridge]
The house set fire to my heart
Like an inferno we shone and raged
I'd swallowed the sun in your form
I woke up and you were crying
I woke up and you were saying
[Chorus]
Good love
Past it last night in a dream
Was that 'Good Love'?
Cause my heart caught fire (went up in flames)
Good love
Past it last night in a dream
Was that 'Good Love'?
Cause my heart caught fire (went up in flames)
Good Love was written by Natasha Khan.
Good Love was produced by Natasha Khan & David Kosten.
Bat for Lashes released Good Love on Fri Apr 03 2009.
In an interview, Natasha Khan commented on the fact that when she writes songs she gets a ‘visual image’ of each song. This is how she described “Good Love” visually:
On “Good Love”, it’s very much like old houses on fire and David Lynch roads with the white lines. I’m in a car driving and there’s...