I generally gravitate to the music first before the lyrics. But as a writer, I still marvel at well-spun verses and choruses. This month, I’m joining the music Twitter community in #SeptSongLyricChallenge

Day 5

There are few voices today that are as raw and haunting as Sharon Van Etten’s. And, We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong has fast become my favorite album of 2022. It’s been a while since an entire album has grabbed me the way this one does. I get lost in these songs. I lose it with these songs. “Anything”, for me, brings with it a sense of catharsis. I didn’t expect this song – or the album, for that matter, to have that kind of an effect on me. There’s so much mediocrity in music these days and not enough originality. But I found something unexpected once again in the vocals and songwriting of Sharon Van Etten.

“Up the whole night, undefined. Can't stop thinking about peace and war. Up the whole night, right before the sun takes everything. It could've been anything. I didn't feel anything.”