Sharon Van Etten - Beaten Down

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Music Commentary, Music

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2020

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Sharon Van Etten - "Beaten Down," a 2020 single on Jagjaguwar.

Sharon Van Etten is on a roll. Following last year’s masterful studio album Remind Me Tomorrow, the singer-songwriter and actress returned in February with the smoldering single “Beaten Down.” The minimal song is dark and spacious, evoking the dubby trip-hop of the ‘90s.

Produced by John Congleton, the song focuses on “love, patience, and empathy,” Van Etten said in a statement. “It’s about making life-changing choices and remaining strong enough to see them through.”

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0:00.0	And the It takes a lot to allow to unful. to unfold and come from my soul.
0:27.0	Don't try to understand the big old heart it's being down.
0:47.0	Beadin down.
0:55.0	It ain't been down.
0:57.0	It ain't be down.
1:00.0	It ain't been down.
1:01.0	It ain't beating down. It ain't beating down.
1:10.0	It ain't beating down.
1:22.0	Don't she hear beaten now. Don't she get beaten now. Our freedom, we breathe in, we have a good life,
1:38.0	we have a good life.
1:41.0	Then you see you like that.
1:43.0	like that.
1:45.0	If you go hard,
1:50.0	it's being hard, it's getting down. It's getting down.
2:00.0	It ain't been down.
2:05.0	It ain't be down.
2:15.0	It ain't be down.
2:17.0	It ain't down.
2:20.0	It ain't even go. Don't get shut down in the dark alley where the air is smoke and was so misunderstood.
2:57.0	The evil heart is being hard It's beating down.
3:07.0	It's beating down.
3:10.0	It ain't been down down
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