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This comes across as a note about how pain can become material for art. It can be taken to mean that the speaker writes from hurt, but also keeps enough distance to shape it, which lands when someone turns a private breakup, loss, or disappointment into something they can actually say aloud.
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About Sharon Van Etten
American singer-songwriter, musician and actress
Sharon Katharine Van Etten is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actress from New Jersey, now based in Los Angeles. She is known for music shaped by an indie rock sensibility and lyrics that draw on personal experience. In the studio and onstage, she performs with her backing band, the Attachment Theory, made up of Devra Hoff, Teeny Lieberson and Jorge Balbi on drums. Her work is marked by a direct, intimate style that keeps the focus on voice, feeling and detail.
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