#forgiven forgotten

Alright, you are forgiven

If there's one thing I fear

If there's one thing I fear

It's knowing you're around

So close but not here

So close

Oh, but not with me here

So close

But not with me here

All is forgotten

All is forgotten

I've made up my mind

I've made up my mind

I've wasted my time

Making up my mind

I don't know anything

I don't know anything

I don't know anything

But I love you

Yes, I do

Will you ever forgive me

A thousand times through

Angel Olsen “Forgiven/Forgotten”

Know what I love about so much of the music today? That some of the strongest rawest realest anti-love songs come from resilient assertive kick-ass women who know who they are and know when they have had enough... sometimes.

That’s what I hear when I listen to Angel Olsen’s “Forgiven/Forgotten.”

There’s a wonderful complex simplicity to the song especially in the beginning. It’s has a garage band feel that goes back to the late sixties -- but fuller sounding.

And Olsen’s voice reminds me a little of Kim Deal – the original bass player for The Pixies. Maybe that’s because I just finished watching footage of The Pixies playing a Boston show in 2004. But there is that same strength to Olsen’s delivery that is perfectly accompanied by strong lyrics like:

There's one thing I fear Is knowing you're around So close but not near So close Oh, but not with me here

and

I made up my mind I've wasted my time Hanging on my mind I don't know anything

1 - angel olsen - burn your fire for no witness

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