Riverside begins with a string of piano melodies, which are simple and repeated over and over again. When the sound of the piano flowed from her gentle fingertips, the breath of compassion slowly emerged from her voice. The opening is a unique English accent, from Denmark, which is farther north than western Europe, revealing the cold that belongs only to northern Europe.
Its lyrics are also like a poem, as if telling a story, but with an exclusive perspective. Clearly talking about "we", but divorced from the existence of "I", like an irrelevant bystander, clearly telling his own story, but it seems to have nothing to do with himself, singing coldly, not sad or happy.
The lyrics are also asked over and over again: I don't know why I took this road, just on the river bank, forgetting where I came from, just wandering on the river bank.
This song is somewhat similar to Agnes obel's own creative idea. She likes to undertake and enjoy the music production process alone. Some of her songs are simple melodies, Gothic lyrics, and her own hoarse and gentle voice, which is independent and full of a person's breath. The quieter she is, the more she can think. As one music critic described it, "In this eventful autumn, she is transparent. Some kind of plexiglass made her body, and her soul saw everything from the outside.
By the boat by the river.
Row down the river.
Everyone goes to lonely places.
People there are lonely.
You can't see the sunrise there.
It's a place where you can't see the sunrise.
We will run to the river.
We will run downstream.
When we drink dregs in water.
We drank all the water.
Look at the rocks on the river bed.
Look at those stones lying on the river bed.
I can see it in your eyes.
Your eyes tell me
You've never been to the river.
You've never been to the river.
Extended data
Agnes obel, a mermaid from Denmark. Agnes obel, a mermaid from Denmark. She is called this way because agnes obel, as one of the performing guests, brought us an elegant voice with a shocking voice in the theme activity of "Mermaid" in the Danish Pavilion of the 20 10 Shanghai World Expo. Not only that, agnes obel received piano training since childhood, and met many local bands and music producers in his hometown of Copenhagen. In the attitude towards music, confident agnes obel always chooses to undertake and enjoy the process of music alone. The arrangement and lyrics, including the later mixing production, are all done by one person.