Needle and Thread

Album: Beautiful Creatures: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Artist: Alice Englert

Genre: Folk/Indie

Label: WaterTower Music

Released: 12 February 2013

My Review: If you didn’t gather already from my last post, I have watched a lot of movies lately, and one of my favorites so far has been Beautiful Creatures.  I am going to preface this with saying: No, I have NOT read this series (though it’s going on the list.) so I will not be doing a book versus film on this one until after I’ve read the series.  Anyways, this song is featured in the film and was written and sung by one of the lead actresses Alice Englert (who plays Lena).  I am a big fan of soundtracks – I think I’ve mentioned this before – because they give so many choices on one album, whereas single artist LP’s have every single track sound similar to the last (and rightly so.)  With soundtracks you get such a variance, and this song comes at a point in the film that really gets to you as a viewer.  I absolutely adore this song, and I hope you do to.

Listen waiting

Pulling a thread on through

The fabric in my head

But is it how so

How I fear what I make

And I so want

For sewing sake

To play a part

This needles just to sharp

And the blood is just as dark

As the blue

Opening my heart

And I have manners

So if you won't talk go away

But do me the favor

Of being honest if you want me to stay

Cuz baby you're an impone

And I could never hope to beat

I never learned the rules

And I don't know how to cheat

I can feel my sides unstitching

And my hold on things

Begins to shake

But still I follow the path

And without knowing what I make

When I feel you in my head

I turn away to my needle and thread

Cuz I was never yours to sew

And you were never mine to weave

You said that I should go

And I pretended I wanted to leave

In a dream besides a warm heart

The seams are gone, none

The figure says I'd rather stay and be rapt with you

Than to be wrong and run

When I feel you in my head

I turn away to my needle and thread

Cuz I was never yours to sew

And you were never mine to weave

You said that I had to go

And I pretended I wanted to leave