Oren Lavie - Her Morning Elegance

Artist: Oren Lavie Track: Her Morning Elegance Album: The Opposite Side of the Sea Year: 2008
This song IS the morning to me. It's soothing and mellow and perfect for me in the morning, because I'm not a morning person by any means. Oren's vocals are rough, but soft at the same time. The guitar notes that provide the base melody sounds like drops of water, then you layer that with soft xylophone-ish notes and random spurts of violins and you have a very peaceful track.
I was introduced to this song via the music video, which is beautifully filmed. Please watch it if you like the song or just watch it anyways.
This is also one of the few songs that made me go out and buy the whole album. As in,  I went and bought a physical, hold-in-my-hand, put-in-a-cd-player, album. I haven't done that in a long time.
Click for lyrics, music video, & links!
LYRICS:
Sun been down for days A pretty flower in a vase A slipper by the fireplace A cello lying in it's case
Soon she's down the stairs Her morning elegance she wears The sound of water makes her dream Awoken by a cloud of steam She pours a daydream in a cup A spoon of sugar sweetens up
And she fights for her life As she puts on her coat And she fights for her life on the train She looks at the rain As it pours And she fights for her life As she goes in a store With a thought she has caught By a thread She pays for the bread And she goes... Nobody knows
Sun been down for days A winter melody she plays The thunder makes her contemplate She hears a noise behind the gate Perhaps a letter with a dove Perhaps a stranger she could love
And she fights for her life As she puts on her coat And she fights for her life on the train She looks at the rain As it pours And she fights for her life As she goes in a store With a thought she has caught By a thread She pays for the bread And she goes... Nobody knows
And she fights for her life As she puts on her coat And she fights for her life on the train She looks at the rain As it pours And she fights for her life Where people are pleasantly strange And counting the change And she goes... Nobody knows
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LINKS:
   Oren Lavie's Website: http://www.orenlavie.com/     Oren Lavie's iTunes Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/oren-lavie/id212931958