Looking Too Closely – Fink

Genre: Singer-songwriter

Mood: what does this mean??

“This is a song about somebody else, so don’t worry yourself, worry yourself.”

I heard this line while sitting on the floor of my dorm room, drinking tea and eating chocolate covered peanut crackers. I was shook. I’ve never heard a song specifically say “This is not for you” and it got to me.

The light guitar and piano in the background of the beginning really took my breath away.

Although I am not sure exactly what this song means, it is obvious he is trying to make the person he is talking about know he isn’t talking about them. When in reality, he is talking directly about this person.

But he warms them saying, “You are looking too closely.”

Don’t we all sometimes look too closely at things? Interpret things the exact way we should not? And it gives us this stress and worries and hurt.

Maybe we should listen to what this artist is saying- take the advice of the people we love, but not look too much into it.

Maybe… or maybe we should read into all the little signs that intrigue us.

What do you think?

Listen to this song and let me know.

xoxo

The Music Bean