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Natalie Merchant's third studio solo album, MOTHERLAND, is in stores now. Co-produced with T Bone Burnett (Elvis Costello, Wallflowers, Sam Philips, Oh Brother Where Art Thou?) MOTHERLAND is a collection of twelve new and original songs. Renowned for her stylistically eclectic albums, Merchant forges ahead with MOTHERLAND, moving in exciting new directions both musically and thematically. This latest offering covers more diverse emotional and intellectual territory than any release in Merchant's career, now two decades in progress. "Creating a sequence for the songs on this album was a big challenge and I hope that I performed a successful balancing act. I've never written songs more overtly political or so intimately personal before." Merchant's core band of More... (Submit New Natalie Merchant Lyrics) (Submit New Natalie Merchant Lyrics) Review about Natalie Merchant Great song | Reviewer: Rodrigo ------ About the song Carnival performed by Natalie Merchant I love this song! I have it taped, it is so great (and long)...It is old, isn´t it? I discovered, yesterday, the name of the person who sings (and the title of the music). And the song reminds me "fashion", "people walking and showing clothes"! Broken Love | Reviewer: Lynn ------ About the song My Skin performed by Natalie Merchant I broke up with my boyfriend last week...and he keeps putting his love out there...and wanting me to take it. But with the way i feel... it seems so selfish of me to not offer him anything back. He cant see that i want to move on. He promises to change and not hurt me anymore... "Your face saving promises, whispered like prayers I don't need them." Thats my heart right there. "I'm a slow dying flower frost killing hour the sweet turning sour & untouchable" He cant see that my love in our relationship is gone. "I need the darkness, the sweetness, the sadness, the weakness, ooh I need this." I'm tired of fighting and I want to be alone. It feels good to be alone. I need it. This song is about a broken relationship and it hit a home run. God Bless America | Reviewer: Dsang1 ------ About the song Kind and Generous performed by Natalie Merchant I have been struggling with the knowledge of what is going on in this country. I pray each night that God will bless the American people... then by chance I end up here and read the very beautiful "posts" about very giving beautiful people who give of themselves, so.. there is hope, people are good and giving and yes the world will go on... for now.. Thanks to all for sharing your stories. I too have a story but choose to just say what is in my heart at this very moment - gratitude for all the kind and loving people here on earth. I SEE YOU, I DO. | Reviewer: Natalia ------ About the song My Skin performed by Natalie Merchant The first time i heard this song it broke my heart not only because of it's beauty and sadness but cause i heard it on a friends page. and i saw what i never wanted to see. i saw how Broken my friend is and how much she needed a frined and i left. how with out noticeing i've become a part of "The People" walking around this world blind and silence. and how I want to tell her that I CAN SEE HER, I CAN HEAR HER. AND HOW I'D GIVE ANYTHING TO GO BACK IN TIME AND CHANGE ALL THAT HARMED HER. ok | Reviewer: wakawaka ------ About the song The Gulf Of Araby performed by Natalie Merchant basic idea of song is interesting but references too obscure for me so song for me loses power. to someone who knows what events she is referring to i'm sure the song is incredibly powerful. she has a beautiful voice and i believe she is the best writer among modern popular singers, and her songs are powerful but not all her songs have the power of some of the lyrically nonsensical but musically powerful songs like shayla / blondie. sorry... Absolutlely Perfect | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Motherland performed by Natalie Merchant Natalie Mercant writes and delivers so eloquantly; she does not dissappoint. We are willing to embrace sad but universal truths because we are allowed a mother to take some of the smack out, as only good mothers can do. Even in the face of our ugly greedy humanness, the unconditional mother rocks humanity. This particularlar song confronts morethan our careless destruction of gifts so freely given by "Mother Earth " The song is a reflection of poor childlike behavior and then begging for the thing we have hurt most to comfort us. Only a mother (land) can appreciate every aspect of the wreckless child and still lull them to sleep, ease their pain, if only for a moment. Ironically, I pray this song lives to give warning and sooth many ages; true art tends to have this effect. The Muse lives well with her artist and friend. My skin | Reviewer: Valky ------ About the song My Skin performed by Natalie Merchant This song, to me, speaks of a woman/girl dying of cancer who hasn't fully been told what is going on. "Take a look at my body, look at my hands there's so much here that I don't understand Your face saving promises, whispered like prayers I don't need them." They're looking at how weak she is, and she doesn't understand what is happening to her. They're promising she will recover, but in fact are actually just praying. She doesn't need them because, though they haven't told the truth about all the details, she understands now that she has no hope left. "I've been treated so wrong, I've been cheated so long as if I'm becoming untouchable I'm a slow dying flower I’m the frost killing hour sweet turning sour & untouchable" She's been treated wrong by her family and friends as they haven't fully told her what is going on, maybe lying ot her. She's been treated for so long with chemo, radiotherapy, etc in the hopes she will get better but all it's doing is slowing down the inevitable - she is going to die. She's 'untouchable' because she feels she is suffering alone, possibly as her family is keeping her away from everything, over protecting her so she doesn't find out the truth about her disease. And they may be afraid to literally touch her for the fear of causing her more pain than she is alreayd suffering from, or are afraid they will upset her more so are trying to distance themselves. A very logn explanation, but it's my view XD Supposed to biblical | Reviewer: Momo ------ About the song Thick As Thieves performed by Natalie Merchant So this song is basically about the Bible, correct? "apple and the fall of man", etc. etc. I don't know about anyone else, but the line "Wracked again by indecision, Should we make that small incision?" made me think of the controversy of abortion, because it's a moral issue. It would also go with the Bible theme, because people say "Life is sacred, you should abort." Tell me what you think, everybody. wow | Reviewer: Ace ------ About the song My Skin performed by Natalie Merchant I think it has to do with the way a young girl may feel. This is exactly how I feel, because right now it feels as if no one would ever love me because of my body. I think it has to do with the way that a person may feel, like unloved in many ways. These lyrics seem like the only thing that can tell what I feel. When my freinds asked me why I had such low self esteme, I just showed them these lyrics and said "This is how I feel..." I cry everytime I hear it... 100% | Reviewer: Eloise ------ About the song My Skin performed by Natalie Merchant Ms. Merchant's Ophelia has been a favorite for years. But only recently was I able to appreciate My Skin and the feelings I have as a woman, not loved wisely. So powerful and bittersweet. Thank you for your wisdom Ms. Merchant. The perfect song.. | Reviewer: Rachael ------ About the song Kind and Generous performed by Natalie Merchant I have been looking for a song for my father daughter dance, and this one is perfect. He is my step dad, but I have called him dad for 14 years now. He has been there for me, kind and generous and honest. Also, it is perfect because it is not too sappy, and that fits our relationship better than the typical "daddy daughter" song. beautiful | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song My Skin performed by Natalie Merchant i grew up listening to natalie's voice, when ever my mum was having a bad day my sisters and i would put on one of her CDs and my mum would instantly become a different person, this was one of the songs that effected me the most during my childhood, when ever i heard the voice and the words i could only see my mother in my mind, her fragility and also her overwhelming amount of power within herself, this song is ultumitly my mothers song in my mind, the pure pain in the voice of natalie is amazing, natalie has always been a artist that puts power to her songs,as im now older i can see the way her songs give me hope, they may be sad but somewhere inside of the song i can see hope. this is an amazing song, beautiful. Don't miss this wasteland | Reviewer: David ------ About the song Motherland performed by Natalie Merchant Brilliant. Arresting though simple. I can't say enough about this song. I lost the cd years ago and can still remember every word. I just love it. Sad, but I often feel regret, as if it is too late for all of us- something echoed by her lyrics. U SHOULD DO IT | Reviewer: estela ------ About the song Children Go Where I Send Thee performed by Natalie Merchant i have to sing this song 4 mi choir class tomorrow and i was just lookin up the song and i got this well its a cool song...if ur in choir tell ur teacher that yall should sing it 4 the holidays!its a very fun song...DO IT U WONT REGRET IT!... ISABELLE Thank you for your gift Natalie | Reviewer: Cheryl Angenent ------ About the song Wonder performed by Natalie Merchant In aug/sept(?) 1989, Natalie Merchant came to my hospital bed, and sang me a song. She told me that with love patience and with faith, I would make my way. 19 years later, I have made my way, and it is because the words of wonder were programmed into my head, and Natalie's message kept me going. I have suffered, but fate and destiny are now mine. Thank You so much Natalie. Cheryl Angenent p.s. Im not sure, but did you ever win a grammy for that? Thank you for your gift Natalie | Reviewer: Cheryl Angenent ------ About the song Wonder performed by Natalie Merchant In aug/sept(?) 1989, Natalie Merchant came to my hospital bed, and sang me a song. She told me that with love patience and with faith, I would make my way. 19 years later, I have made my way, and it is because the words of wonder were programmed into my head, and Natalie's message kept me going. I have suffered, but fate and destiny are now mine. Thank You so much Natalie. Cheryl Angenent Mom's 70th Birthday -Surprise Party | Reviewer: Karen ------ About the song Kind and Generous performed by Natalie Merchant Yesterday, we had a surprise party for my Mom's 70th birthday. My brothers, sisters, neices, nephews, son, all sang this song to her as a dedication to her --and her inspriring ability to care, love and celebrate all of her family in a way that has so enriched our lives and sense of being. She has 9 children, 22 grandchildren, and 5 great-grandchildren. She and my dad have always put each of their family members ahead of themselves. They are the best example of conscious living I have ever known. Thinking nothing of giving all they have to everyone they encounter. They sit comfortingly at bedsides while family and friends have passed, they open their home to us all, welcoming each of us with a bear hug and smile that light the room as we enter. Thank you, Natalie Merchant. It's as though you were speaking to my mother when you wrote your beautiful, gentle, "thank you" song. God bless. animal cruelty | Reviewer: tilly ------ About the song My Skin performed by Natalie Merchant when i watched this, as always I interrupted it as animals speaking and so I typed it in and watched it with animals. It was so unbareable though, and i think if you put an animal behind this vioce, trapped, beaten, tested on in labs, squashed up together in a cattle lorry it really suits it and is encredibly sad. I have a different take | Reviewer: Greg ------ About the song Kind and Generous performed by Natalie Merchant I saw Natalie at a concert at Wolftrap quite a few years back. She was uneasy and awkward on the stage at times and yet she was magnificent. I felt like I knew her for the a beautiful, complex human being that she is. The poetic bitterness and nostalgia in the lyrics and the music makes me think that she is the person that wishes that she was thanked for doing something she has done for someone else. At the same time she recognizes her own vanity and weakness for expecting the praise that she never got. I know that it's possible that other people do selfless acts of kindness and generosity but it's so rare. There are very few people capable of the kindness like Natalie is so I think she is talking about herself in a self-deprecating way. Not realizing that she exposing the beauty and the vulnerability of her own being. It's possible that I'm just projecting. Beautiful and Dark | Reviewer: Tristan ------ About the song My Skin performed by Natalie Merchant I heard this song on Youtube whilst looking up other Natalie Merchant songs. It is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard, even though it is so dark. Talking about her failing relationship and her depression associated with that... so powerful. And when she finally gets the courage to leave him in the end, it is like he is dead to her... Truly one of the greatest songs of all time. You could review the artist/band Natalie Merchant in Biography page You could review Natalie Merchant album by visiting Albums page and selecting an album You could review Natalie Merchant song by clicking the song which you like  Download "Natalie Merchant" Music | |
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