lifeblood: songs: background: closer to fine

emily saliers quote from 2/27/1999: over at amy's, footnotes:

"i started to think about the ways that we try to solve our problems, and the songs is about a quest for balance in life. it's saying we put all our stock into religion or a therapist or into a vacation or things like that. it's better to take all things into account, rather than think that one source is going to give you all the answers to your problems."

emily saliers quote from 10/03/2000: retrospective liner notes:

"sitting on the porch of a rustic cabin in vermont, thinking about where i and others seek respite and answers to questions that plague us and keep us from peace, realizing that we must drink from the many varied wells to almost quench that thirst."