‘Patters In Repeat’ has been our Album of the Week in recent days, and the best way to get into it, as Jaime Cristóbal has already told you, is through ‘Caroline’. It was not one of the three advance singles (‘Patterns’, ‘No One’s Gonna Love You Like I Can’, ‘Child of Mine’), but it is the song that leaves the most impact. It’s our Song of the Day today.
It is truly understandable that ‘Caroline’ was not one of the main singles from this project. Perhaps it is not the most representative of ‘Patters In Repeat’, an album that talks about Laura Marling’s motherhood. This topic does not avoid what it means for a person to have a family (“I got married, I love my wife, I have children, they are fine, they are grown up now”), but it does not really talk about Laura Marling’s daughter. The Guardian certifies that it tells the story of an older man.
In ‘Caroline’, that man addresses an ex who knocks on his door. He remembers an old relationship, which Caroline was the one to abandon. She has tried to regain contact, but he closes the door on returning. The beauty of the music, of the overwhelming guitar line, certifies that it was not a relationship that our subject did not care about.
The lyrics couldn’t be more precise: “what a way to change an afternoon, was it difficult to find my number?” The tone of the memory is kind and emotional, but the instructions are also clear: “I wish you wouldn’t call me again / I’d like to keep you out of my mind / You’re the one who left, Caroline, so the song is forgotten now.” ».
A forgetfulness that refers to an absolutely wonderful chorus, in which our man, here played by Laura Marling, tries to remember a song but can’t: “He said ‘lalalala lalalala, I don’t know what, I don’t know how many, Caroline.’
