life is too short to listen to old music
Robin Kester
Robin Kester
[ she/her ]
city: Rotterdamcountry: Netherlands
genre: Indie, Pop
styles: Indie Folk, Dream Pop, Folktronica, Alternative
Long Dark Sleep
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"Long Dark Sleep" is partially based on a scene from Michel Faber’s The Crimson Petal and the White. In this particular scene, the main character, Sugar, a Victorian prostitute, reflects on her longing for a good, dreamless sleep—the kind that separates one day from the next — hoping the next day will be better. Her longing resonated with me and inspired me to write lyrics. At that time, I also felt like experimenting more with lyrics and songwriting/song structures in general. So, I decided to cut up the lyrics I had written. Marien, my producer and co-writer for this song, and I tried to create a structure based on what was happening in the music, rather than shaping lyrics to signify a chorus, etc. That’s why this song feels almost like a spell to me, where you’re forever stuck between a longing for a dreamless sleep and the moment you’re in bed waiting for sleep to set in, distracted by sounds you might hear during half-sleep, like imagined whimperings from someone else in an adjacent room or the real sound of hail against a slanted roof.
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