Ms. Hatfield”s self portrait
juliana hatfield, “Make it Home,” “live on tomorrow,”
from:My so called life, Soundtrack, 1994, Only everything, 1995
“
Hmm..mmm..mmm...
Mmm..mmm...
Mmm..mmm...
Mmm.....
Deepening night, think on a time
All was bright
Here in this dark place, I see in your face
All is not right
Make it, make your way home
Better than the last
Break it, break the alone
Take a second chance
Open a window, let in the snow
Cold is all I know
Go to the fire, stir it around
There’s a warmer place for you to go
So, make it, make your way home
Better than you have
Break it, break the alone
Leave it in the past
Oh, look and you’ll find it
Someone wants to love you
Look and you’ll find it
Someone wants to love you
Wake it, wake your dream
One forgotten me
Sleepin’ deep inside o’ you
Heavenly peace”
Juliana Hatfield has some serious pop masterpieces. At 55 she has been in the music business wars with the Blake Babies and Lemonheads and endured the club scene as the next big female rock persona. She just seems to have found how her sounds. And yes that’s the melody from “All Come All Ye Faithful” she works into “Make It Home.” Broke my on-standing rule to only play a single song per day to give you a deeper respite. She is a great, simple, genuine guitaress
“Put me in the shower, pull me out of bed
Am I only dreaming, or did I wake up dead?
Throw me in the garbage, shackled up in chains
But I still got my boots on
So I can walk away
A heartbeat says you haven’t died
You gotta try to stay alive
Leave me to the vultures
Throw me to the wolves
I’ll live on tomorrow
And purity of soul
Dump me in the ocean
Tied to a piano
But you forgot to rip my heart out
Before you let me go
A heartbeat says you haven’t died
You gotta try to stay alive
Lock me in the basement
Without anything to eat
You can hurt my body
But you can’t hurt me
”
