I feel as though I am staring down a wishing well in an enchanted forest. The wind is cold and I can hear the haunting voice of somebody drifting through the trees. I feel as though I am driving down a long dark road in a car, in those moments where you wish you could just drive to anywhere your gut led you to. Killfiji creates a landscape of longing unlike any other. There is something about “temperance” that holds on to you profoundly. Something you cannot quite describe.
“I can say that I forget and I never gave a shit, that I was quick to just forgive but I’d be lying to myself. And I’m a liar as you know.” These are the words with which killfiji lures you into the song, words that stir your being. It is clear killfiji is not an artist who set out to create a perfect, playbook song. This song is honest, coming from a place of introspection. “Temperance”’s many crevices lead you into other fantasies. In those illusions, you find yourself relating to the distance that can come between people and the mistakes that can be made.
The song stays in your head like a sticky honey, difficult to pull apart. You are a part of the world killfiji has created, understanding what is meant by the words “I’ve never dealt with so happy a sadness, so beautifully tragic, it must be the magic”. And you think again and again, “it must be the magic”.
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