Should Have Known Better

Time for some acoustic mellowness with the new track from Sufjan Stevens off the upcoming LP Carrie & Lowell due in March. Very subtle and amiable, "Should Have Known Better" feels somehow like drenched in regrets. I bet the story has some pretty solid background and I hope one day I get to ask him what's the inspiration behind is.

Today I read a really inspirational interview (if you see yourself with some time on your hands, I strongly advice you to click here) with Merlin Mann and somehow in the vibe of the tune... some food for thought.

"I wish I could be more helpful and say, “You should find your dream path and paint a rainbow to your love cloud!” But, most of us are so stuck in this notion of how stuff should go that we want to find one of seven stories that matches our narrative. The fact is that most of us are wandering around, scared shitless, wondering what the fuck’s going to happen next. That’s as true when you’re 11 as it is when you’re in your 40s. It’s one reason that people feel very discouraged or disinclined to try new things—they feel like it’s not for them.

I understand that you’re asking me this because you’re trying to get the narrative, but my narrative is that I’ve never known what’s coming next—I still don’t. I fell down the right set of stairs and have been surrounded by people who have picked me up and said, “Let’s try this again.” It’s been one anxious block of uncertainty after another."