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70's Hosea Song

from The Meaning of Forever by Joelle Doriani

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In the Old Testament, Hosea was married to a prostitute. He loved her dearly but she was not faithful to him, making the relationship quite painful for him.

This song is set in the 70's and is told from the perspective of someone who can very much relate to Hosea.

I wrote this song immediately after getting rejected for a job I really wanted. I hardly ever let emotions go to waste--I prefer to channel them into my work rather than contain them within. Writing a song about not getting the job I wanted would have been too difficult of a task for a non-comedic songwriter-- so I re-framed the situation while pouring into it that emotion I was feeling. It was a cathartic process, even though the situation of the song was fictional.

You can guess that once I finished this song, I was no longer upset at ALL about the lost job opportunity. That's the beauty of music.

lyrics

I could never stop you
from doing what you wanted
and by the way you looked at her...
That night at the music festival,
she was music to your ears

All our favorite people played,
Joni, James, and Paul
and I was mesmerized by it all
But you had your eyes on that girl
I said, "Hey listen it's our song,
Why aren't you singing along?"

You're gonna get your heart
broken to pieces again
This one's another dead end
You're gonna get your head
All in a knot
And I'll be here to sort it out

Every summer's filled with
love and peace and music
and a little bit of heart ache too
That night in Philly I had the blues
It was all because of you
And the buskers' desperate tunes

I'll collect these thoughts in
peaceful solitude
I'll resolve to finally talk to you
You're Israel, you're that prostitute
But I'm still in love with you
Yeah, I'm still in love with you

I'm gonna get my heart
broken to pieces by you
if I keep feeling the way I do
I'm gonna get my head
all in a knot
and you don't know to sort it out

credits

from The Meaning of Forever, released June 13, 2014
Inspired by Joni Mitchell's Blue Album-- particularly "A Case of You"

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Joelle Doriani Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

Joelle is a jazz-influenced Electro Pop artist whose songs swing in subject matter from nervous lovers who just don’t have the courage to break the ice to alien life forms destroying the moon. Her composition skills and and love for all that is unique, quirky, and original give birth to musical concepts that are both interesting and accessible. ... more

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