It’s Holly

I really liked Ne-Yo’s last CD. We have a few songs on rotation here at the office. Then I listened to Maxwell’s snippet of Pretty Wings, and realized how absolutely trivial R&B music is right now. I listened to this 1 minute and 36 second snippet on repeat all the way to work today. No matter how many times I listen to it, I find something new… find a new way to listen to it, to decipher it. All I could keep saying after hearing it was “it’s just so pretty”. Take a listen:

Tell me that’s not the shit, yo! I’ll even give you the lyrics:

time will bring the real end of our trial
one day they’ll be no remnants
no trace no residual feelings within you
one day you won’t remember me

your face would be the reason i smile
but i will not see what i cannot have forever
i’ll always love you i hope you feel the same

oh u played me dirty
your game was so bad
you toyed with my affliction had to fill out my prescription
found the remedy i had to set you free

away from me
to see clearly
the way that love can be
when u are not with me
i had to leave, i have to live
i had to lead, i had to live

if i cant have you let love set you free
to fly your pretty wings around
pretty wings your pretty wings
your pretty wings around