A journey through purgatory doesn’t sound like a promising premise for a feel-good adventure story. More likely the word ‘purgatory’ brings

I read Jane and Prudence at the age of 16. It was my first Barbara Pym novel, and from the little I’d heard about her writing, I was...

Life, uh, finds a way. Ian Malcom in ‘Jurassic Park’ Malcom’s aphorism is surely one of the most-quoted movie lines, the inspiration for...

Marion: I want you to be the very best version of yourself you can be. Lady Bird: What if this is the best version? Lady Bird I just...

This song has an almost hypnotic quality about it, and there’s so much that could be said about the meaning of the lyrics (the effects...

It would seem a shame to spend 24 days writing about lyrics without making at least some attempt at interpreting the wonderfully cryptic poe

I’m sneaking in another Mumford and Sons song before the end of advent, because their lyrics are just irresistibly deep and thought-provokin

So when I find a scientist to help me And if I meet the maker of all the universe I'll ask him why we're here and what we're here for And...

Show me a garden that's bursting into life All that I am All that I ever was Is here in your perfect eyes, they're all I can see I don't...

The banjo surely has to be one of the happiest instruments. It brings a lovely warmth and momentum to this song, which begins in a quiet...

Yours was the first face that I saw I think I was blind before I met you I don't know where I am, I don't know where I've been But I know...

There’s an effortless simplicity about the Lumineers’ music. Their stripped-back style with raw, raspy vocals makes you feel as though you c

‘Listen to the Man’ is classic feel-good Ezra. The up-beat ska rhythms paired with Ezra’s old-school voice create the perfect conditions for

‘Keeping Your Head Up’ was released as the lead single of Birdy’s album ‘Beautiful Lies’ in 2016, marking a slight change in direction for t

Issac Gracie is a little like a contemporary Jeff Buckley with his moody, rock-star vibe and his talent for thought-provoking, heart-felt...

After talking about the wise men in yesterday’s post, I felt like this song was a fitting continuation of the stargazer theme. KT Tunstall..

Looking at the words of this song, you’d imagine a far more melancholic tune, but as is often the case with Laura Marling, the bleak lyrics

This song is pleasingly moody and atmospheric, and the ambiguous lyrics lend themselves to all kinds of interpretations. You can read it as

With the weight of the world resting on my back, And the road on which I've travelled is as long as it is cracked But I keep pressing...

When you think of love, do you think of pain?... This mess was yours, Now your mess is mine Mess is Mine, Vance Joy Today’s lyrics carry...