Favorite Christine Lyric

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Originally Posted by applebucked

She isn't the most brilliant in the lyrics department by any stretch (and she would admit to this herself), but IMO the beauty in her lyrics lies in its simplicity. Combine that with her vocals which can take even the most pedestrian of words and make it mean something deep and you've got magic.

A very astute and accurate assessment. Her voice is so plaintively smooth and smokey, she really does give a soul to the most simple and insipid lyric lines/themes. But there is integrity in the direct simplicity.

I was rather surprised by the songs she wrote for In The Meantime. Those songs displayed an evolved sophistication in the lyrics. There was more meat in them, as compared to very thin treatments (ex. Honey Hi).