I’ve been a fan of Kate Voegele since her appearance in One
Tree Hill years ago.
So when I got the chance to see her live, I couldn’t pass it
up.
As Mia Catalano on One Tree Hill, Voegele played a
struggling singer songwriter whose light was not as bright as the lead rocker
in the band she was in. Once she signed with Red Bedroom Records as its first
artist, she became a confident rockstar.
All the while, Voegele was performing her own music on the
show. That mixed with her musical talents shot her to actual rockstardom.
Her first album, Don’t
Look Away, had a handful of songs featured on One Tree Hill including “Kindly Unspoken,” “No Good,” “I Won’t
Disagree,” “It’s Only Life,” “Wish You Were,” “Only Fooling Myself,” “Devil in
Me,” “Hallelujah,” and “You Can’t Break a Broken Heart.” That’s nine of the 15
of the songs from her debut album from MySpace/Interscope.
Her second album, A
Fine Mess, had “Manhattan From the Sky,” “Angel,” “99 Times,” “Lift Me Up,”
“Sweet Silver Lining,” and “Inside Out” were featured on the show. That’s six
of the nine tracks from the album.
Now, skipping a few albums and years, Kate released her most
recent EP Wild Card, in November
2014.
That was the tour she was on when I saw her.
Everything I ever thought a Kate Voegele concert would be,
it was.
All but one or two of my favorite songs were on the set
list.
I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Most of it was her performance,
but the venue, Natasha’s Bistro, had great ambience (and the waiter was pretty
cute, too).
My cousin, who is also a diehard One Tree Hill fan, enjoyed
it almost as much as I did.
The only disappointment of the night was not getting to meet
her.
As most of you probably know by now, I really love singer
songwriters. And Kate Voegele is the embodiment of that genre.
Delving onto some of my favorite Kate Voegele lyrics, I
would have to say that lyrically, my favorite songs are “It’s Only Life” and “Kindly
Unspoken” from Don’t Look Away.
“It’s Only Life” is about being confident and keeping your
head up.
“Kindly Unspoken,” on the other hand, is about reading
people by their actions as opposed to their words. And here are a few of my
favorite lines from it:
“…even the sturdiest ground, can shift and can tremble and
let us fall down…”
“In the days of my folly I follow your lead, I do what Simon
says to do, But I won’t let melancholy play me for a fool, Oh no, I’m on my way
somewhere new…”
And then the chorus, which really says it all:
“Kindly unspoken, you showed your emotion, And silence
speaks louder than words, It’s lucky I’m clever, if I didn’t know better, I’d
believe only that which I’d heard.”
I think the things I love most about Voegele’s lyrics are
not only the honesty in them, but how conversational they are, like she’s
sitting at your kitchen table telling a story through her words.
From A Fine Mess,
my favorite songs based on the lyrics are “Manhattan From the Sky,” “Sweet
Silver Lining” and “Lift Me Up.”
“Manhattan From the Sky” is one of those easy, breezy,
almost-beachy songs that you wanna hear with a Manhattan in your hand.
“Lift Me Up” is one of my favorite songs by Voegele. She
manages to make seamless transitions between verses, choruses and bridges and
still use intriguing language. Here are a few examples:
“This road is anything but simple, Twisted like a riddle, I’ve
seen high and I’ve seen low. So loud, the voices of all my doubts, Telling me
to give up, To pack up and leave town.”
“Somewhere, everybody starts there, I’m counting on a small
prayer, Lost in a nightmare.”
And of course the chorus:
“So can you lift me up? And turn the ashes into flames, ‘Cause
I have overcome, More than words will ever say, And I’ve been given hope, That there’s
a light on up the hall, And that a day will come when the fight is won, And I
think that day has just begun.”
Voegele’s lyrical vocabulary is just beyond me, it’s that
good. She can paint a picture, make me feel empathy and tug at my heartstrings
with the melodies that go so well with her words.
Again, I cannot express how impressed I was with Voegele’s
live performance. I would recommend it to anyone with ears.
Below, I’ll leave the full lyrics to the other of my
favorite Kate Voegele songs, “Sweet Silver Lining.” I hope you enjoy it as much
as I do
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“I’m going home downhearted and hoping,
I’m close to some new beginning,
I know there’s a reason for everything that comes and goes.
But so many people are looking to me,
To be strong and to fight but I’m just surviving,
I may be weak but I’m never defeated,
And I’ll keep believing in clouds with that sweet silver
lining.
Most days I try my best to put on a brave face,
But inside my bones are cold and my heart breaks,
But all the while something’s keeping me safe and alive.
But so many people are looking to me,
To be strong and to fight but I’m just surviving,
I may be weak but I’m never defeated,
And I’ll keep believing in clouds with that sweet silver
lining.
And I won’t give up like this, I will be given strength,
Now that I’ve found it nothing can take that away.
But so many people are looking to me
To be strong and to fight but I’m just surviving,
I may be weak but I’m never defeated,
And I’ll keep believing in clouds with that sweet silver
lining.
But so many people are looking to me,
To be strong and to fight but I’m just surviving,
I may be weak but I’m never defeated,
And I’ll keep believing in clouds with that sweet silver
lining,
Sweet silver lining.”
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