Music Blog

Krist Krueger has been releasing a song every week this winter, through opbmusic. (And he's going to keep the series going through April.)  The new song this week is a dark one, titled "The Life You Choose." 

Here are Krueger's notes about the song: "A fairly somber number. This song is about a woman whose abusive ex-husband is stalking her and eventually makes his way to her apartment and commits suicide while she's at work over the weekend. There are lyrical segments where she is being questioned by the police and trying not to admit that she knows who the man is. Perhaps his appearance has actually changed through his apparent vulnerability and she's grappling with this new demeanor. I've never been one to write out and describe my songs or offer written lyrics and I have to admit it feels a bit strange. Perhaps it's feeling vulnerable myself by exposing such things. I think it's important that the listener have their own interpretation of what may or may not be happening in any given piece. That's part of the art in songwriting and music overall. It's not just the writer who is painting the picture. The meaning and effect can arouse a hundred different viewpoints in a hundred different people and mean something completely different to each individual. So now that I've psychoanalyzed myself publicly courtesy of opbmusic, here's 'The Life You Choose.' "

Download "The Life You Choose". (Right-click and choose "Save As" to save on your computer)

See the whole Southerly Song-a-Week series.

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