soul singing

Soul Singing is always better live. I don't know if that's because of the turmoil surrounding the album it's on, Lions, or if it was just written to be played live. Lions was the last album tbc recorded before a long hiatus and the release of Warpaint, which was definitely worth the long wait. Regardles, unlike a lot of tbc songs, the lyrics to Soul Singing aren't complex or varied; the chorus is perfect and maybe that's why it's so good live. I don't actually have a lot to wax poetic about Soul Singing, I love hearing it, but mostly live. The album version doesn't have the richness or any of the textures that make is so good live. So watch the video linked at the end and you'll know to what I'm referring...

I've been down
Cascading and blue without a sound
Now I've traded my black feathers for a crown
So feed me milk and honey lay me down
Lay me down
Look around
Show me holy places not yet found
Lets disappear and we'll hide underground
And we'll get high and we'll feel safe and sound
It comes around
Around

Chorus:
Got my soul singing my soul singing
Soul singing got my soul singing
Got my soul singing my soul singing
Soul singing got my soul singing
Got my soul singing my soul singing
Soul singing got my soul singing
Got my soul singing my soul singing
Soul singing got my soul singing
Come on now come on now

Home bound
Tired of tired of running town to town
Tired of my heart turned upside down
Now my life a smile and not a frown
The sound
The sound

Chorus

Video of Soul Singing from the VH1 unplugged set