Day 7 - Fiona Apple "Pale September" lyrics

Pale September

I wore the time like a dress that year

The autumn days swung soft around me, like cotton on my skin

But as the embers of the summer lost their breath and disappeared

My heart went cold and only hollow rhythms resounded from within

But then he rose, brilliant as the moon in full

And sank in the burrows of my keep

And all my armor falling down, in a pile at my feet

And my winter giving way to warm, as I'm singing him to sleep

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The imagery of this song is what gets me the most. There are a lot of songs out there that I love but this, along with so many other Fiona Apple songs, is lyrically driven. Add the hypnotic rhythm of the piano and her husky yet smooth voice and you have a winner. A winner to my ears anyway.