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WithFire​.​.​.

from HELLO .​.​.​i like you. by Deila Olam

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There's a quote I love that goes "With fire we test the gold, and with gold we test the servants." While there seems to be a fairly straight interpretation of that quote as relating to the shiny things of this world, which can mesmerize but burn - or eventually, if we have some kind of internal properties like gold, then maybe we can come out of that fire, in a more 'purified' state. Well, this song is a slightly less obvious extrapolation. I was going through some heart 'tests' and reflected how it really did feel like a fire. And, that being the case, I guess this song was my plea tthat I might come out of the fire purified, like gold - understanding myself and the world a little better - rather than scolded or even burnt, ie. just sad and confused; jaded and bitter. It also does invoke the more explicit meaning of the quote as I finally realised that I had to call upon some detachment, and remember that even the other people in our lives are 'of the world' too. and theres always plenty of love left...

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Leave it to me
To mess it all up again
It turns out I needed a test
And wouldn't you know
I couldn't let go
I had to go in for the rest

Will I be gold? Or will I be scolded?

Leave it to me
To choose the fire
Warm water is just not enough
To make me believe
In my purity
My edges are still so rough

Oh! God!
Will I be gold? Or will I be scolded?

My habits have come
A haunting me
I'm eating again mindlessly
And watching again
Brainless Telly
And avoiding the telephone
My belly is bulgeing and full
But I still want more

Leave it to me to live optimistically
I still have plenty of love left
And didn't you know
There's hope for us all
Purified by the fire we are blessed

Oh! God!
May I be gold? And in your love folded..?

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from HELLO .​.​.​i like you., released October 15, 2012
Delia Olam - vocals and guitar, Lyndon Gray - double bass, Damien Eldridge - drums, Emma Luker - Violin, Jasmyn Ridley - Piano

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Delia Olam SA, Australia

This was my first album and it's damn good. Before recording it with a mighty fine jazz band there were years of solo gigging, collaborations with electronika, house and dub djs, writing children's music, singing lead in an all-girl grunge-punk band, taking the bass line in 4 part acapella harmonies, making medieval music at school and singing along to Kate Bush and David Bowie vinyls in the dark ... more

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