“How Many Disasters” is a first-time listens: it is a home-recorded demo that has never been released, leaning heavily on Olsen’s arresting croon and lonesome guitar.
[Verse 1]
Living out my life as though I knew how it was done
I have sat upon many a hillside in the sun
Same old feelings have their way of coming back around
Makes me wonder why I ever bother leaving town
[Chorus]
All that time I was trying to be clever
Didn't know that I'd be loving you forever
All the years I spent chasing a meaning
How unfair to have a heart that's still beating
When I can't just love a moment that's fleeting
When I can't just love a moment that's fleeting
[Verse 2]
How many disasters will it take to make you smile?
Haven't seen you laughing at yourself in quite a while
People that you love that never learn how to speak with
Sometimes what you don't gain, it's another kind of gift
[Chorus]
All that time I was trying to be clever
Didn't know that I'd be loving you forever
All the years I spent chasing a meaning
How unfair to have a heart that's still beating
How unfair to have a heart that's still beating
How unfair to have a heart that's still beating
How Many Disasters was written by Angel Olsen.
How Many Disasters was produced by Angel Olsen.
Angel Olsen released How Many Disasters on Fri Nov 10 2017.
That one was written between Burn Your Fire and MY WOMAN, and it didn’t seem to really fit. Like “Sans,” it didn’t really seem to fit the material of the record when all of it was together, but I really liked it anyway. It kind of reminded me of what, maybe, a Connie Converse song, or something.
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