Newsom, Joanna - Make Hay Lyrics

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

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

sis snapped with this one.

The seagull weeps “so long “

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

Joanna Newsom is the greatest thing to ever happen to the planet Earth.

Does anyone know where this song would have gone within the album? I think it fits well between A Pin Light Bent and Time As A Symptom. This song feels like a great reprisal of the theme of Divers that it seems fit to lead up to the Grand Finale

i'm sure i read the answer to this somewhere but i've forgotten it sorry lol

Maravilhosa!

I just found this on my birthday - what a gift! It's magic, genius, I love this song. Thanks Joanna Newsom

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.

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

Three years now

Qué canción más guay.

She sounds alot like Kate Bush but very different too. I like her

I would've liked this to have taken the place of goose eggs to be honest

i have an existential crisis to this song every night

where tf is china???

Ummm... dig to china....?

This is the best Divers song

Where is the second year’s gift? Ahahhahahha

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

Alright, maybe just one more time.

that part...

Candy Crush !

So the "second anniDIVERSary" has passed... where's China?

Still waitin' on wtf China correlates to..................................

JOANNA PLEASE SEND US A SIGN! #ITSTIMEFORCHINA

Where is the second gift? Come on!

WHERE IS CHINA!!!!

Am I the first in the comments to ask if China is coming on the 23rd of the month?

congrats you let go of your hit single

矢野顕子に似てる

Is there a way to reckon love, except as a symptom of time?

I was wrong... Love is not a symptom of time, Time is just a symptom of love.

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

shut up about kate bush oh my god

The artist formerly known as 'An actual Faggot' I really don’t understand how you can say she tries too hard to be avant-garde as a Bowie fan when the two are basically the male and female equivalent of each other. The whole ‘yeah, but it’s a bit pretentious’ and the ‘yeah but it’s a bit put on’ are constantly used to belittle female singers who are even a bit out of the box, Joanna, Björk, Kate e.t.c. are always receiving this criticism and I’ve never understood it at all. If there something wrong with a person trying to create their own individual art/persona/image? Even if you feel someone is ‘trying too hard’ (a phrase I hate) to be avant-garde or alternative, does that invalidate their art being avant-garde or alternative? Go listen to Hello Earth and tell me that isn’t one of the greatest, most interesting and creative songs of the 20th century and then you can see how people think Kate must be an influence on Joanna. I don’t know how you can use that critique at all, especially on Kate, when it’s the main critique people use against Joanna, and David and Joanna have both shown their love and admiration for Kate.

​@The Dark Triforce i totally agree with your sentiment, but Mrs. Bartolozzi isn't about the convenience of a washing machine! She's basically watching this absent man's clothes and hers make love in the wash. Then she's reminded of his absence when she sees his freshly cleaned shirt on the line. If that's mundane, it's amazing how much emotion Kate pumps into something as silly as a washing machine (or a snowman lol)

Kate Bush is a better singer.

for real! they're both absolute geniuses though, and I hold both of their discographies super close to my heart. I get different things from listening to both of them, but their voices resemble each other every so often. that's where the comparisons should end!!

I can hear the buzzards in the denouement 😍

0h wtf i didmt know this song even fucking existed+!!

Was this yhe song she said never make the cut? I suppose it really doesn't fit musically, but thematically it's such a beautiful sentiment.

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.

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

Still sounds like the Aldi own-brand version of KB to me, but bless her, she is talented and I'm sure she is trying her best.

That's a bit unfair. And this is from a huge KB fan. This is closely tied to Kate's sound sonically but not lyrically, and so many of her songs aren't comparable to KB at all. She's created a catalog full of variety and worthy of its own respect.

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

Kate Bush!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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

The backing track makes me feel rather confused and unsettled, which I think that is what she is trying to get across when you consider her lyrics.

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)

That was so beautiful.

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.

"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."

Zach Hocking
"In a mud-cloud, mica-spangled, like the sky'd been breathing on a mirror"

Love preexists Time.

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.

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

"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..

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"

how did this not make it onto the album

Joanna's probably listening to this song with extreme feelings of failure, saying to herself 'Why can't this be as good as "Dick in a Box?"'.

I LOVE THIS I LOVE THIS I LOVE THIS

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

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

*Faints at the sight of new Joanna music*

Very Kate Bush-y !

Nay, very joanna newsom-y

oh this is lovely lovely lovely

Absolutely spectacular!

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

You can download the mp3 for free directly from the dragcity web site (under free music on the right hand side).

Thanks!

This comment is not so long. Its short!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH. How

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: https://www.thefourohfive.com/music/article/behind-the-artwork-joanna-newsom-s-divers-144

Oh MAN I wish this had made Divers. What a gorgeous song! <3

Holy gosh thank you best bday gift ever

This is satanic

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

This is some SUPER COOL shiz I love how soft and lovely the music is really fits the lyrics.

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i love this i love this i love this times infinity

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.

WE ARE NOT WORTHY

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Divers changed my perception of what time is and could be

Time, is a symptom

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

I smell a deluxe edition of Divers

this is the beeeeeeest. such special music :))

maybe the second gift is a China tour?

This is the one she played at the opening for Hungry Howie's on Plainfield. Amazing crust, music was good too.

I actually got really bad food poisoning from the crust beware

Nicer meme

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.

THIS IS FIRE

bitch sounds like she's getting raped

michael stfu

Creepy bitxh

what does that even mean

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

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

Christopher Caldwell I'm open to suggestions

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

TTHANK U JOANNA

IM NOT CRYING OKAY I AM

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.

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

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.

Thank you so much this is so amazing

#blessed

GREATNESS! JOANNA IS THE BEST ARTIST EVER!

i was not ready for this

sobbing - this is so beautiful. absolutely gasped when she mentions 'time as a symptom' - joanna knows how to ruin people emotionally

love as a symptom of time

My heart leaped out of my throat

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

Joanna Newsong

Joanna GOATsom

Hahahah

joanna newlong

every song she makes boggles my little mind

I needed this!

it doesn't get better than this