Dar Williams
Dar Williams
Dar Williams is an American singer-songwriter specializing in pop folk. Hendrik Hertzberg of The New Yorker has described Williams as "one of America’s very best singer-songwriters."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth19 April 1967
CityMount Kisco, NY
CountryUnited States of America
light giving cameras
And if I had a camera Showing all the light we give And showing where the light extends I'd give it to my friends
blessed laughing lucky
In the laughing times we know that we are lucky, and in the quiet times we know that we are blessed. And we will not be alone.
cans erosion heard people stories throw watch
I watch people throw aluminum cans in the trash, and I think of all the stories I've heard about the over-mining of aluminum, the erosion that happens, and the trees that fall down.
almost amongst encounter people sort
You'll almost encounter a superstition amongst musicians, people sort of go through strange rituals, what they need to do to write a song.
culture happens hype
There's a lot of hype in our culture about what happens when you become a parent,
compare light scorn shout sunset
And there's a sunset over the mountainsI shout my scorn to the splendorous skyFor how does this light compare to all the world's suffering.
happens love word
And the only word for love is everybody's nameAnd that will always stayIt happens every day.
best christians common faith ground sit together
So the Christians and the Pagans sit together at the tableFinding faith and common ground the best that they were able.
desire love question
What do you love more than loveWhen you question what your desire is forWhen you don't just figureThat you just want more.
realized songs
I realized I was writing a lot of songs about interconnectedness,
dreams hey people
Hey I know where I come fromBut I have a questionShall We the People never come homeFor after all that we've beenAre the dreams to come after?
burn
But I live and I know that I burn as I grow.
argue backseat born call cause crazy drive dying ourselves stay steal talk time wondering
I'll keep you wondering what time I'm arriving. You'll drive me crazy with your backseat driving. And I'll talk in my sleep, and you'll steal all the covers. We'll argue it out, and we'll call ourselves lovers. And I'll stay in my body, and you'll stay in your own. Cause we know that we're born and we're dying alone.
common less metaphor record songs stuff theme thinking
I'm thinking about where we are right now in history. The other common theme to this record is that the songs all put stuff I find important out on the table. Less metaphor and more me.