Mal Blum - San Cristobal

[@skylinesandturnstiles9595]

i love how the lesser known songs always have beautiful comment sections

[@teddie8234]

Fr

[@Gomer._.]

This is the first song that comes up when you look up mal blum lol. You can choose to look at it as an extension of shallowness

[@skylinesandturnstiles9595]

@@Gomer._. bro chill wtf

[@Gomer._.]

@@skylinesandturnstiles9595 If I stop now I’ll never do anything ever again!

[@skylinesandturnstiles9595]

@@Gomer._. jeez

[@Steve-mg8tc]

“Everywhere you go you leave somewhere behind” 🥺

[@Mych420]

The most powerful verse in the whole song

[@waynedamron8006]

I literally stopped what I was doing while listening when I heard that line. This just came up in a Playlist randomly. I just rewinded and am really listening now. Really good song

[@Casey-bw7lc]

Moved away from home for the first time this year. After several breakups over the past couple years including the one that compelled me to move away, this song hits home.

[@yourlocalcryptidd]

This is one of those songs that reaches into my sorrow in such a comforting way. I love it.

[@emmastout5849]

I love mal blums voice so much, it’s so soothing🥰❤️

[@Odin-y4t]

Me too

[@JohnDoe-ho9tx]

Their voice is so beautiful and androgynous. Their lyrics are so human and vulnerable, I'm so glad I found this.

[@demonstrablyfine690]

The voice isn’t that androgynous imo

[@prageruwu69]

ikr god i wish my voice was that androgynous

[@flatasacueball6326]

@@mumbies🤣...okay...

[@yeahoblivionmaster]

@@flatasacueball6326 dawg this entire comment section is a rip "yuhhhhh Broo so androgynous" and then it's clearly a woman singing lmao

[@pewpewTN]

@@mumbies Fucking fruit loops.

[@ijosuwi]

I have not been writing that many new songs How I wish I could stay longer, how I wish I'd never gone And you have not been writing me as often as I wish And some times I think I left you just to see if I'd be missed And I saw my fortune scrawled out up against the wall In a crowded marketplace in a town I can't recall And the teller told me that I would be young and I would fall And my new friends all assured me that it all was surely false And back at home, you found religion in a dirty crystal ball In the back of a dollar store in that shopping mall And I found religion out in San Cristobal Now I feel that I've come far enough to give you a call, give you a call I have not been writing as often as I hoped But there are some things you're good at and then some you can't control And you have not been visiting; I can't say that I mind Cause every time you go somewhere, you leave somewhere behind And I saw my fortune scrawled out up against the wall In a crowded marketplace whose name I cannot recall And the teller told me that I would be young and I would fall But I didn't think he meant so soon, no, not so soon at all And back at home, you found religion in a dirty crystal ball In the back of a dollar store in that shopping mall And I found religion out in San Cristobal Now I feel that I've come far enough to give you a call So I'm calling now, but it says I don't got the number right Your body looks to me a way it never has before And is this what's making you so sad? And what you did this for She said your body looks to me a way it never has before And is this what's making you so sad? And I can't do this anymore And I found religion in a dirty bathroom stall In the back of a liquor store in that mini mall And you found religion when you realized you could fall Now you say that you've come far enough to give me a call So you're calling now, but I lie and I tell you that I've moved Everything's brand Everything's brand Everything's brand Everything's brand Everything's brand Everything's brand new

[@lordcupcake3066]

As

[@cebkidy]

Thank you

[@ogonzalez3776]

Thank you! I wish these lesser known songs could get deciphered by the artist to their fans, kinda like rap genius. There’s a lot of songs without much meaning but this is clearly not one of them

[@ashthetrashboat1982]

Love how relatable this is and how no matter the circumstances you can feel it in your bones

[@angelinaluck3469]

No matter what, I always come back to this song

[@ashthetrashboat1982]

Absolutely will forever adore this song

[@cutterturner4755]

This song reminds me so much of how far I’ve come from active addiction...def a tear jerker...when I sing this one I change it to “I’ve came far enough now to appreciate you all”

[@ms.adelle3008]

As a person whos spent their life traveling and meeting new people seeing places and making memories this is just a song that hits me so hard that reminds me of that

[@Jane-oz7pp]

This and Roll Bus Roll by Jeffrey Lewis both are my "Hhhh I wanna skip town again" songs

[@Lunto88]

This is funeral music to me. As in that being the highest compliment I can give to music in general: I literally told my parents to play this if I die before them and added it to my only 5 song KZbin playlist which is called "In case of my demise". Just incredible how this song has been with me and pushed me over the last like 7 years since I found it. Thank you Mal, you are the best.

[@CaydenseMaloney]

I love this song ❤

[@loganpeters7543]

I just discovered Mal Blum and I figured out what was missing in my soul.

[@colemartini1273]

I’ve left so many homes and you always wonder if those you leave behind will really miss you when you’re gone. But it’s not about if they missed you it’s the fact you’ve been a fleeting moment of change in another’s life that makes the difference

[@henryjgray96]

I'll never forget seeing them at a house show around Ohio, and hearing this for the first time

[@mattyr.4078]

*them

[@henryjgray96]

she was touring as a solo act at the time, it was just her playing guitar and singing that night.

[@margarita.passion]

mal uses they/them pronouns

[@jedwalsh4055]

this song is so sad and I like it so much

[@cosmickestral3304]

“You found religion in a dirty crystal ball” I’m not sure what specifically that means to the singer in the context of this song.... but to me I picked up witchcraft recently because I went through a really hard time, I’m not doing to well emotionally so I found paganism, it’s nice. Probably isn’t what it means but I like that part a lot-

[@macociarrai7815]

I think the "dirty crystal ball" was a freebase pipe, IE drugs.

[@Chipelin]

Hi, also a new-ish witch here. Heard this song this morning, had the same thought. I know your comment was 8 month ago, but I hope you're doing ok.

[@lekswig3316]

Hey, born and raised Pagan, how have you been?

[@vmprsrl]

They pondering their orb

[@FantomDeck]

The Druggie is the most Sane guy in these Comments 😂😂😂 get help dweebs.

[@red3423]

been cathartic recently. we stan

[@johnmethvin9066]

I've loved mal blum since I heard this song on my Spotify playlist.

[@maryssalynnemedley8871]

My little brother showed me this, and ill never forget it. He's trans, and I love him always. And whatever he decides in the future I will always support. That kid is everything to me. Always.

[@larryblum2953]

As Mal's dad I can assure you that the faith and love you give to those so brave to be true to themselves like your brother will mean so much to them ..

[@jackiethibodeaux9242]

mal Blum is so great, one of my favorite songs

[@bridgetsteeb7487]

I love their voice, i love mal blum so much

[@FantomDeck]

Her*

[@Chance-ny4bc]

​@@FantomDeck their*

[@kaibillington2624]

I love Mal Blum omg, "overseas now" is my absolute fave

[@donsal4467]

Mal I can't stop playing your music

[@froggieman5062]

this will always be one of my favorite songs. idk what it is about it but its so wonderful

[@shannondaniels3005]

This was my first introduction to Mal Blum almost a year ago.. who knew elegant foreshadowing.

[@genehipps1126]

Big tears ! So relatable and beautiful

[@shylingg]

i love songs like these, they really make me hopeful

[@taniaarguelles1558]

[@Cleoisaway]

All this time later and im still here

[@isabelledoesstuff8040]

IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS ALL DAY THANK GOD

[@YaraNakiah]

I. Love. This. SOOOOOOO MUCH!

[@waspy6343]

Me too!

[@mjg1970]

I’m DEFINITELY NOT a fan of this type of music, but for some reason her voice and her lyrics seriously speak to me and I am a H U G E F A N

[@mjg1970]

My apologies to Mal Blum. I should have said, “Mal’s voice” and “Mal’s lyrics” and not said, “her”.

[@0l1v3rxs]

Thank you for respecting their pronouns. It bugs me when people do that. (no hate)

[@fishsmoothie7463]

They/them pronouns work too not just their name*

[@rebeccagabor8027]

I love singing along with Mal's songs but I can't with this one because each verse is too similar to the other verses...and the first time I saw them live it was the first song they sang...makes me think I bet even they can't get this song right while drunk. haha one of my favorites.

[@machineislove4973]

Favorite song.

[@ashthetrashboat1982]

I adore this song

[@codyer121]

Hey, Nicole, you're pretty cool. Thanks for showing me this song.

[@TheBromosapien]

This is soooo gooood!

[@noodlemac1]

This makes my depression happy

[@lefamily6043]

Here's a poem I wrote I'll tell you what it's about after Hey how are you Good Great I guess I am too I don't know why I feel like this Please don't leave I need this If you go I will cry I hope you'll never have to say good bye It means I talk to myself a lot And my mom and dad are absent and I have depression And I hide it becouse I'm scared people will treat me different and I don't want that and when I cas spend time with my mom she always ends up leaving agian

[@sindelar10]

The fantastic Emma Choice brought me here :-)

[@1b1rother]

I have not been writing, that many new songs-> How I wish I could stay longer how I wish I'd never, gone-> And you have not been writing me as often as I wish-> And, some times I think I left you just to see if I'd be missed-> And, I saw my fortune scrawled out up against the wall In a crowded marketplace, in a town I can't re-call-> And, the teller told me that I would be young and I would, fall-> And my new friends all assured me that it all was surely false-> And back at home, you found religion in a dir-ty crys-tal ball In the back of a dollar store, in, that shopping mall-> And, I found religion out in, San Crist-o-bal Now I feel that I've come far enough to, give you a call give you a call I have not been writing, as often, as I hoped-> But, there are some things you're good at, and then some you can't control-> And, you have not been visiting; I can't say that I mind, Cause every time you go somewhere you leave somewhere behind-> And, I saw my fortune scrawled out up against the wall In a crowded marketplace, whose name I can-not re-call-> And the teller told me that I would be young and I would fall But I didn't think he meant so soon, no, not so soon at all-> And, back at home, you found religion in a dirty crys-tal ball In the back of a dollar store, in, that shopping mall And I found religion, out in San Crist-o-bal-> Now I feel that I've come far enough to give you a call-> So I'm calling now, but it says, I don't got the number right Your body looks to me a way it never has before And is this what's making you,, so sad? And what you did this for? She said your body looks to me a way it never has before And is this what's making you,, so sad? And I can't do this anymore-> And, I found religion in a dirty bathroom stall In the back of a liquor store, in, that mini mall-> And, you found religion when you real-ized you could fall-> Now you say that you've come far enough to, give me a call So you're call-ing now, but I lie and I tell you that I've moved Everything's brand Everything's brand Everything's brand Everything's brand Everything's brand Everything's brand new

[@zorydom5986]

who the heck disliked this?

[@carlywells2767]

Melancholy Melanch

[@occlumencymaster]

I loveeeee mal blum

[@drewopal9283]

Pretty sure a line in this is about his partner not liking his top surgery, and that kind of pain is something that hits so deep

[@RoslynDoe]

To be fair that's not what the partner signed up for it's ok to be hurt by the reaction but realize they have a reason for the reaction and it's not just some internalized bigotry.

[@drewopal9283]

@@RoslynDoe you are going off in a whole other direction, I'll pass on the debate.

[@drewopal9283]

@@RoslynDoe to be fair it's a sad song, what should he do not write it? Why do people go out of their way to go hard on other people's emotions. It doesn't matter the motivations of the partner, the song is how he feels about it and some people can relate so like it is what it is. Don't need to jump in there as the defender of cis people every time a trans person has a feeling.

[@drewopal9283]

@@RoslynDoe also to be fair what you are saying wouldn't make as good of a song

[@RoslynDoe]

@@drewopal9283 yeah because I'm not a musician and I didn't intend my KZbin post to be made into a song your paragraph rant wouldn't make a good song either for that matter kittens don't make for good cakes and chicklets don't make for good dentures what's your point?

[@emmadunn3096]

Song reminds me a lot of “Mercy Street” by Opus Orange & Emy Reynolds ;) both are great songs though!

[@codyer121]

You're wonderful

[@mikeycampbell3132]

I love this song and I'm diving in her music like a junkie into salvation thru rehab

[@lemontube1610]

Mikey Campbell Mal uses they/them pronouns

[@jeanniemiller7650]

Nice song

[@beliad403]

Could somebody tell me the strumming pattern?

[@atomous4373]

Sam'es please!!

[@samwilkins8251]

I’m getting up down and up down and vibes but I’m not too sure

[@LibraryofAlexSoundria]

awesome

[@gunslinga99]

4:07 everythings bread 😭

[@maryrhodes7361]

Does anyone know the chords?

[@firehazard3852]

yeah!! Em, C, G, and D...I'm learning to play this on my guitar

[@patchiverse6725]

holy frick so many comments saying her instead of their maybe because the description a l s o g o t i t w r o n g

[@twelvevoltorange]

Thanks for the heads up! I put this video up before they had announced their pronouns, didn't realize I hadn't updated it. It's fixed now.

[@patchiverse6725]

@@twelvevoltorange That makes sense, thanks for fixing it!

[@headhunter1945]

@@patchiverse6725 I guess if they hadn't actually announced it, the description g o t i t r i g h t

[@wolfania]

Please, I’d love to hear everyone’s interpretations of this song! I adore this song but keep struggling to figure out a narrative that makes sense, My current theory is a couple, old friends, likely romantically attached at some point. They were driven apart due to Mal moving as well as Mal coming out as transgender (the whole “your body looks to me” section). They’re beliefs split, they keep being ready to see each other at different parts of their life, but are never at the same eye level, too complicated to want to meet again. But those are all very broad themes, I still never understand the chorus. I would love to hear any ideas!

[@craniifer]

I kinda get the same vibe. That and people meeting eachother at different periods and not quite ready for eachother. But the coming out as trans part does seem largely a part of it. Even so, despite me not being able to relate to that aspect on a personal level, I still wanna cover the song someday. It's so beautiful.

[@fleefight1042]

tldr: estranged former, onesided love, who the persona can finally move away from, while their person gets stuck in negative spaces. I definitely get your idea, for me personally this song kinda describes a similar theme of a two (romantically) involved/very close people drifting away. But it feels more like a one-sided thing to me. The persona being so attached to the person that they used to write songs about them, letters to them etc. But the other person, does not "write as often as [they had] hoped", which kinda shows, that maybe their feelings are not reciprocated? Same with them finally getting up the courage to call them and not even having their number anymore. And that might have been what the "fortune teller" once they moved away had told them? That their current relationship isn't meant to last and "they'd fall" ( a tower moment, life as it is crumbling away for something "brand new"). I could see this even further as the "fortune teller" being more of a metaphor for new experiences, new outlooks on life, that they feel they have no control over, like in fortune telling (heavily influenced by them moving away with ideas about their future, career plans etc). At the same time they don't mind their person not visiting, maybe noticing that they could be better off without/moving away. This, positive (?) fate telling (also more personal fortune teller vs. object, another person tells them their fortune, while their ex is trying to find it by himself) seems to be juxtaposed by the "dirty crystal ball" in some mall. Idk why but I have always seen it as a metaphor for a bong/drugs? Especially with the body looking differently, and the persona asking themselves, why their person is doing this/if it's their addiction that is making them so sad. This seems to be the point where they realise that they have changed (tower moment/brand new) and can't hold on to the person they once loved. Can't help them out of their situation and have to move on, while the person seems to be staying in the same place. ( Notice how the personas lyrics kinda "expand", in the second part they even add friends etc, while their persons situation just becomes more miserable and pushed into smaller spaces). And when their person finally calls them they have grown strong enough to let go and look towards everything that is new in their life. Ik that this is probably not what Mal intended 100% but it has been my "headcanon" while singing it, also because I relate to this idea heavily Hahaha

[@fleefight1042]

mate, I'm so sorry for this essay hahahah

[@josephhanna1989]

❤❤

[@TheAulto]

why does this remind me of the bagger 288 song?

[@neovio166]

I love her voice so much, its nice to listen to this over and over and just think about what this song is about

[@prageruwu69]

mal blum goes by they/them pronouns

[@neovio166]

@@prageruwu69 oh! I'm sorry, I'll edit it

[@neovio166]

I love their voice so much, its nice to listen to this over and over and I just think about what this song is about

[@neovio166]

I suck at this

[@jahncarlos7941]

Her lyrics sounds awesome.

[@olivermoth]

Mal uses they/them pronouns actually so their*! ☺️

[@rsncdrm2767]

1:06

[@bennettwoltz]

You have not been visiting, i can't say that i mind

[@CooCooKuchooo]

Her voice is so freaking amazing.

[@NemoTARDISbuddy]

Trevor Sarra *their

[@atomous4373]

@@NemoTARDISbuddy fucj off

[@0l1v3rxs]

@@atomous4373 they were just trying to correct someones pronouns in case the other person didnt know. Whyd you gotta tell them to fuck off?

[@llkjjjss]

I love her so much!

[@liefericson9553]

mal blum uses they/them pronouns, just so you know

[@nib6383]

@@liefericson9553 Lmfao

[@llkjjjss]

@@liefericson9553 don't care

[@Natureenthusiast333]

@@llkjjjss your mom cared about me last night tho

[@llkjjjss]

@@Natureenthusiast333 that's so nice of you to give an old woman a good time! It really warms my heart to hear that. Thank you

[@teethium5748]

And I wrote these lyrics on a dirty bathroom stall on a place full of nightmares aka the eighth grade hall. Lmao I should right songs

[@jesterjacks3933]

No you shouldn't. Learn proper grammar first.

[@tommytatt]

Mmm so tasty

[@jeanniemiller7650]

We making it out of prescool with this one

[@crustyman7661]

-no gender detected-

[@frankjg1239]

Not so soon at all

[@katekulinski937]

I miss this voice. Theirs is kind of deeper now.

[@Lynn-Lynn-Lynn]

Green shoe laces

[@leedaniel2002]

Love this song her voice is so pretty

[@rocciolee3479]

🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈

[@hostileplant]

ik this is pretty old but!! mal blum uses they/them pronouns :)

[@amfawesome7752]

Vexetation tru dat

[@CoRLex-jh5vx]

The description uses the wrong ones, too

[@luketowner805]

Who gives a shit

[@libby1611]

Luke Towner the non-binary people like me who get very little representation in media, that’s who

[@therealleon123]

8 years ago :v

[@bertisemerson4591]

You're so beautiful

[@tryhrd2002]

Like her voice, very nice to hear

[@jesterjacks3933]

Their voice. Mal is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns

[@tryhrd2002]

@@jesterjacks3933 Yeah I don't care, she's a woman.

[@emocarnie]

@@tryhrd2002 yikes

[@CaydenseMaloney]

Help me with my snake pls put a green heart 💚

[@CaydenseMaloney]

💚

[@CoRLex-jh5vx]

The description uses the wrong pronouns

[@gunslinga99]

poopy