When I listen to “Home Again,” I imagine sitting at my windowsill, remembering how life was during childhood. Her delivery is confident but reflective, a liberating reminder that breaking up is important in providing a sense of clarity. While respectful of their relationship, she acknowledges how they cannot save their fading romance. Next on the album, “It’s Too Late” is a groovy break-up anthem wherein King sings about her marriage and musical partnership with Goffin.
The flute melodies scattered throughout the track complement her wistful vocals, as the track slowly fades out. King’s yearning for companionship is present in every chord. The upbeat song mellows into “So Far Away,” a manifestation of the bittersweet desire to be present with someone physically and emotionally. A few days after the single was released, the San Fernando earthquake struck California, and that strange coincidence massively boosted sales. “Tapestry” begins with “I Feel the Earth Move,” a radio gem driven by percussive honky-tonk piano. You can hear it in her straining voice quality and in the way the music seems to spill out of her.
She knows how it feels to be alone, to have loved and lost. Her sound has a certain sensibility that perfectly describes the difficulties and joys of love. As a natural storyteller, her lyrics manage to feel sincere and unpretentious, but never plain. She recorded stripped-back renditions of her old hits and wrote new songs, fusing her old life in the East Coast to her growing career out West.
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