Joanna Newsom "Make Hay" (Official Lyric Video)

[@yesrelationthesequel]

sis snapped with this one.

[@buckleygeneration]

My god. Her LEFTOVER tracks have better, more mind-expanding lyrics than most artists write in their life.

[@Lord_Fatman]

obviously, you don't listen to a lot of artists.

[@aspiresk8boarding]

Christopher Caldwell I'm open to suggestions

[@vitorgfreire]

It's not necessarily a leftover. Not in the sense that it was discarded. Maybe it just didn't fit the concept which she hoped the album had in its final tracklist. Or maybe... did she actually say somewhere it IS kind of a leftover? I'm sorry if she did :p i don't know the reason

[@HeigthTrielli]

@@Lord_Fatman actualy, you're either underestimating the number of artists that exists, or not understanding the meaning of most.

[@Lord_Fatman]

Heitor Trielli nah. I just listen to a lot of music and i know this statement is incorrect. And its pretty fucking dumb that you assume i did one of two things that you determined without knowledge of the actual, inciting thought. Its cute that you're trying to be smart. Keep on trying little cupcake

[@EgorAnanyev]

When I press 'play', I can never quite believe that I can be pulled so handily away from my seat and room into another dimension that Joanna rules. But pulled I get. Every time.

[@MissPraesepe]

If Divers is a gift this is the bow! I honestly feel like this song ties the whole album together. The repetition of themes from the album seems to sow a thread through every song, it's perfection!

[@dominicgamboa2554]

We love you Joanna. Don't stop making art and music the world -in these times of trouble - need. Thank you for Divers and happy album anniversary.

[@facuavs1016]

Joanna Newsong

[@winkyflex7826]

savage

[@jshnicl]

Joanna GOATsom

[@katyrotela1496]

Hahahah

[@salemkitschtrials791]

joanna newlong

[@imaginationfailed]

I'm swept away, overwhelmed and shattered. This is a mindblowing masterpiece an artist can only dream of creating. I have no words to express my adoration for the skillful, exquisite choice of words used to render this immense range of emotions. Joanna really is one of the most prominent songwriters of our time, and how blessed I am to witness the process.

[@CantSeeTheStars]

This song!!! It’s so heart wrenching, it reaches my fear of time passing without noticing and losing moments with people. Joanna’s dissection of time in the Divers album and this song continues to amaze me every time I hear it.

[@grime_buster]

Divers changed my perception of what time is and could be

[@johnrankin7135]

@chim choo ree of love

[@eduardoramontrejo9606]

So sad it's not on the album. Beautiful song.

[@SarvaAntah]

oh my god. truly in love with everything she makes, and it seems to get more profound and cosmic with each new piece.

[@ThisMortalCoil64]

Jesus, Joanna, why are YOU of all people asking "What did I make?" "Four of the greatest indie folk albums of all time" and "the harp into a viable rock instrument" and "a whole lot of people feel less alone" and "my friend, who doesn't even like your music, say that your lyrics made him want to give up writing because he'd never write anything as beautifully worded as the chorus of "Emily"" are all viable answers.

[@zachhocking9053]

"Emily" has a chorus? But I agree with your friend, "Emily" is the finest piece of poetry written this century. "Joy. Landlocked in bodies that don't keep, dumbstruck with the sweetness of being until we don't be."

[@rockifythis]

I hope your friend didn't actually give up writing! I had a similar reaction to Emily but, me being the petty and vindictive person that I am, I got ambitious. My singing, harp-playing white whale, I'm gonna surpass Joanna somehow or die trying idgaf

[@dedemushi7824]

@@zachhocking9053 i think it's the meteorite & meteoroid part.

[@nochannelmusician769]

Idk about rock but she did reinject the harp into the public consciousness

[@sillyd0g]

to be fair i think literally every good artist, no matter how beautiful or influential their art is, wonders if they've made or will make something worth a shit, let alone something worthy of outliving them. it's definitely a feeling i deal with all the time (granted, i genuinely haven't accomplished much of anything with my art) and i don't really know any artist who hasn't felt that.

[@FM-xc2jb]

The seagull weeps “so long “

[@martian1138]

when you hear it, the song just exploads...!

[@voodoosleeper]

Fitting as this is her next masterpiece after "Only Skin"

[@nochannelmusician769]

@@voodoosleeper people always pretending like Have One On Me doesn’t exist

[@tiredsock]

humming a threshing song

[@caramelunicorn8023]

wow, astonished by the lyrical creativity of Joanna Newsom! Lyrics seem to come out of the blue.

[@czfuchs]

I love divers, happy anniversary! And thank you for this awesome gift.

[@tycho_m]

"and how was I to know, seeing my seconds pass in a line, if there was a way to reckon love, except as a symptom of time?" That's incredibly beautiful. What a way with words..

[@midpinesmusic]

Mel le "And it pains me to say, I was wrong Love is not a symptom of time Time is just a symptom of love"

[@percybyssheshelley9694]

I think this is one of her best songs. It could have been a bonus track on the CD/vinyl!

[@salemkitschtrials791]

i have an existential crisis to this song every night

[@FlipmodeTV_]

THIS

[@voodoosleeper]

"How was I to know, seeing my seconds pass in a line, if there was a way to reckon love 'cept as a symptom of time?"

[@paulsireci6374]

I just can't believe what smart, touching, amazing poetry this is.

[@myJDside]

i try to sing along but end up crying everytime. i can never pass the "mama made us but what did i make"

[@dvdude30]

This must be the song she was talking about in some interview where she admitted getting the idea for "Time, As a Symptom" through the lyrics of a song she cut from the record.

[@samanthaparkinson6356]

Oh the excitement when I saw this drag city notification! Happy anniversary! Divers is amazing and so is this song. Start digging? There's more? Please come back to Aus, I missed you in Jan..

[@valeriamaria12]

The way the beauty of this record changes with time in the most fitting and poetic way. Simply the best art I have encountered.

[@IndigoAndGold]

so incredibly beautiful! Can't believe this didn't make it on the record. Thanks so much for releasing it now!

[@tylerkupcho18]

It may not be on Divers, but I love it just as much (if not more) as if it was

[@pips6844]

So long So long So long So long So long My old friend died that way The accumulation of time and the passing of days Though she dug in her heels Drug her wheels in the clay She dotted her eyes Crossed the teasels in her leaning dray Where buzzards make circles (And tillers make hay) A dozen in kettle, comittee & wake Where wind made the dust And sin made the snake And mama made us But what did I make? And how was I to know Down in our old goldmine Where you were the king of the radio And I was the keeper of hi-fi And I was the queen of the rodeo (And everybody'd know) And you were the keeper of the lions And we were gored, and abased And adored, and erased All before our time? It was before our time So how was I to know? How was I to know While tune hums And the hand strikes the gong And all of us plough our row And the notes run Out of measure and out of time and landing wrong? The day is long, but not so long My old friend died alone Save for the friends and family she had known Surrounding her bed None of whom in that room Could with certainty have said I've dotted my eyes Crossed the teasels in my leaning sled Where buzzards make circles and tillers make hay In windrow and bale With tedder and rake Where adam made ribs And cattle make steak (And the rattling nib writes What did I make?) And how was I to know Seeing my seconds pass in a line If there was a way to reckon love Except as a symptom of time? And honey, it stretched out below us Humming every note From the lowest to the highest But even at the highest we were bored, and amazed In accord, in a daze All before our time It was before our time So how was I to know? How was I to know How was I to know How was I to know While the day slows And the sun stares, stalling Into the dimming barrel of night Where the stars are falling? I've got no say But still I'm calling for my old friend We sow and we reap, again

[@stegokitty]

This is amazing. I hadn't really checked in on JN for several years, and tonight her name popped into my head, and here's this. Really lovely.

[@beefcaked]

i miss her sm

[@ExecutionOfAllThings]

Alright, maybe just one more time.

[@zachhocking9053]

that part...

[@evamichaelis9455]

I know.

[@Teatimeted]

Joanna Newsom... the gift that keeps on giving. Thank you for continually continuing to raise the bar. Big love from England x

[@jmarie1521]

IM NOT CRYING OKAY I AM

[@Peachplumpearstan]

this song is such an immersive experience, for six minutes I forget about everything and escape into Joanna's marvelous world

[@AndRiseUp]

*checks notifications* A new Joanna Newsom song? What did I do to deserve this?

[@helenevans7841]

I can't help but half-wonder if Joanna held back a song from the album so she could make the "AnnDIVERSary" play on words. What other reason could she have? :p This song is brilliant beyond my ability to express it! Thank you for sharing, this is a gift.

[@CorpseTongji]

"outtake" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in this description tbqh

[@nathang4682]

I don't know how I missed that this was released last week. Thank you for making music Joanna. You make me remember how beautiful the world is despite all the ugliness (such as today's presidential election)

[@VictorMilane]

Oh my god. Joanna, thank you so much for this!

[@timeasasymptom]

This is incredible

[@ryancarmichael6657]

GREATNESS! JOANNA IS THE BEST ARTIST EVER!

[@ChristianTatonetti]

I am so happy to see you are going back to your true sound.

[@underlinedluke]

Happy fifth annidiversary, y'all

[@greatgigs_oz]

Gorgeous... thankyou!

[@animalloverabh]

THIS ! THANK YOU!!

[@Hugo-mh1pe]

how did this not make it onto the album

[@joeagger]

the Divers era is already a classic in my book, and this song capped it off wonderfully

[@NIMRODakaNIMROD]

WHOA DUDE! This is like... a really cool song and stuff

[@lynnna5136]

I needed this!

[@sblue7004]

With Ys' 10th birthday on November 6th, is a world tour of the album with the full orchestra too much to ask? ;)

[@segnido]

already happened. ya missed it! well it was just sydney and nyc. but it was amazing

[@xxydsd4263]

& a London date ;)

[@hynesie11]

kinda hard with a newborn i'd say

[@m00zs23]

Saw her live on Nov 6 2006, the night I bought the album! Never forgot the experience!

[@KekeeBlack]

I would drive for days to see that

[@scrumbole]

happy anniversary to this song xo

[@ghost2031]

Beautiful track by beautiful Joanna.

[@mayamagination]

it doesn't get better than this

[@noahbriata9120]

Thank you so much this is so amazing

[@michaelc438]

Stunning like always

[@Youremythrill18]

This sounds so overreacting but she changed my life like no other person

[@hopelessendeavor6225]

literally me

[@cards1628]

TTHANK U JOANNA

[@ColinONeil]

this would have been one of the three best songs on Divers

[@joemama2499]

*Faints at the sight of new Joanna music*

[@angharadlois]

That was so beautiful.

[@samuelbarron825]

I LOVE THIS I LOVE THIS I LOVE THIS

[@voodoosleeper]

I love that she uses the old Wurlitzer electric piano as the lead instrument on a track once in a while.

[@slowshobhna]

THANK YOU JOANNA!

[@hynesie11]

Joanna seems to make English more like one of the romantic languages that cant be interpreted until you get to the end of the sentence, and so you have to listen to the whole song to find out what shes talking about. A mistress of intrigue

[@FlaviaSantosbr]

Yeah. And I've realized she makes some inversions in the structure of sentences just like Latin.

[@hynesie11]

@@FlaviaSantosbr exactly.

[@cnidariantide4207]

It is very typical for poetic language to have a looser word order, even in Latin itself.

[@dollarstorekeyboard]

Absolutely spectacular!

[@travisdunsmuir806]

This is the best Divers song

[@caramelunicorn8023]

Its like she weaves a musical tapestry with words seemingly incompatible with each other

[@4vendetta1]

OMG thank you jo&co

[@scrumbole]

remember when everyone went nuts at the 2nd anniversary ‘clue’ in the description thinking another one was coming

[@belldownthestairs8081]

Haha yes very funny haha :,)

[@emilylopez9038]

Holy gosh thank you best bday gift ever

[@urosdjorovic]

i was not ready for this

[@miguelyanez438]

She got bars

[@camillasylvester8616]

oh this is lovely lovely lovely

[@elingrimes4079]

I love this, I hope it makes it onto the next album

[@user-so7yj4uh8o]

why did they leave this out omg

[@ttnite08]

BLESS TODAY (AND ALL THE BIRDS)

[@missblissxe]

has it really already been a year?? I wish this had made the cut, but I'm glad I get to listen to this nonetheless

[@frogflower24]

this is the beeeeeeest. such special music :))

[@skygarden]

it's absolutely outrageous and infuriating that somebody was like "Yeah, let's NOT release this on the album - because it's by far the strongest song of the album and among the eleven most powerful songs ever recorded. Yeah let's put that in a box and bury it for EIGHT YEARS for some reason." Seriously WTF happened with this decision making process? What were ya thinking? You were to know because it's an incredible and shining weird song that people deserve to hear. I just hope it's not too late. Seriously tho?

[@mayamagination]

Ikr its honestly so upsetting ...

[@AdaSirin13]

It was clearly Joanna's decision not to include it on the album. No higher-up is dictating track listings to her - she has complete creative control. So I don't get why you're phrasing this as though some mysterious person forced her hand. I mean, I love the song too and would have liked for it it be on Divers. But I ultimately trust the judgement of the person who, you know, actually wrote all these songs. I'm sure she had her reasons.

[@OAnIncurableHumanist]

This was released exactly one year after Divers, so idk what you're talking about with "eight years". Also the "somebody" who cut it was Joanna. She spoke about the decision to cut the song in an interview with Rookie Mag in 2015: RM: ... Do you remember any of the things that you let go of? JN: Well, I cut a whole song. RM: Oh, wow. JN: It was having a diluting or weakening effect, I think. It was approaching but not reaching the thing I wanted it to be, and it was pulling focus away. It was also a bit of a stretch harmonically; it didn’t totally work in this pattern I was setting up. It kind of worked, I could justify it, but it was a weak link, harmonically speaking. RM: Are there any remnants of it in the other songs? JN: There’s a lyrical remnant. A lot of the record has this binary thing, where ideas are set up in opposition to each other and create a tension. There’s a key lyric, in the last song on the record, “Time, as a Symptom,” a lyric, “I was wrong, it pains me to say I was wrong. / Love is not a symptom of time, time is a symptom of love.” That’s in reference to the establishing claim that was made in the song that was cut. But it seemed unnecessary because it was all in there already, it was redundant in a way.

[@evenzero]

believe it or not, i heard this song TWICE in my life

[@jamesb.274]

I smell a deluxe edition of Divers

[@underlinedluke]

Three years now

[@flavioraffa]

JOANNA PLEASE SEND US A SIGN! #ITSTIMEFORCHINA

[@groovypullet2337]

why isn't this on the album?! it's brilliant

[@pips6844]

Best thing ever

[@midpinesmusic]

Love preexists Time.

[@Steerpikey]

light years ahead of the pack - she deconstructs time/syntax/harmony

[@haroldoaristeu5967]

Maravilhosa!

[@clemencerossi8994]

This song has the sepia colour of old creepy fairytales I used to read in my childhood.

[@kashmir87]

WE ARE NOT WORTHY

[@Iiuoypline]

every song she makes boggles my little mind

[@lewsandburgh1599]

This woman's music is the only in the world that actually brings tears to my eyes. I feel like a big huge bitch, but it's wonderful.

[@1WEareBUFO1]

I don't think being affected by music makes you a ' big huge bitch'

[@licorice3743]

An actual faggot I love the unspoken language musicians share. A moment can give you joy, make you soar, tug on your heart strings, bring a tear to your eye. Make you laugh even (not a funny song) just the notes or timing whatever is funny. Technicality and musical uniqueness is soul food.

[@breakeverychain7]

We all have love We all have love Sometimes it feels like castles in the sand

[@shabankullolli1499]

Is this an amalgame of all of her work?

[@rumademedoit]

the fact that this is one of her THROWAWAYS...

[@oceanbearmountain]

where the fuck did this come from ??!??!?!?!? AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@стрелок-ч7р]

muth Frankie Sinatra

[@user-lx7od9bz7j]

you have the perfect voice to sing calypso

[@martalobos7822]

Qué canción más guay.

[@eihples]

Ok, maybe it's just a coincidence but this is what Kim Keever had to say on "Wildflowers": I had seen a nature special which talked about how flowering plants originated in China and did not migrate easily to the other continents because, at the time, some millions of years ago, the continents were splitting apart. A botanist had stopped his car along a country road in China and pointed out about 150 species of flowering plants that only found their way to England and America through trade with China in the nineteenth century. I found the idea very poetic and inspiring. I think of the Wildflower series as that point in time, millions of years ago. China! Source: www.thefourohfive.com/music/article/behind-the-artwork-joanna-newsom-s-divers-144

[@sarahorchard9326]

put it on iTunes I want to buy it !!!

[@benjimuskal1034]

“How was I to know?” 😿😿

[@brcici]

What does it mean "Second gift is China - start digging now"? Is it another song from Joanna? Where can we find it? Oh, I feel so helplesss....

[@lindsaymiller4985]

China in this instance generally refers to porcelain, most likely nice dishes. There is also an old joke that if you live in North America, you can reach the other side of the wold by digging through. The caption made a pun out of this.

[@CJTheReal]

Lindsay Miller China is the traditional gift for second year wedding anniversaries.

[@lindsaymiller4985]

Yes, it is a double-entendre.