Halfway between an indie rock reckoning and an alt-folk confessional, Mary Eliza’s “Porcelain” is feverish, brutally honest, and unapologetically raw.
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I want to melt into the rain that streams down your neck…
For a song named “Porcelain,” this track is far less white, shiny, or clean than one might expect.
Halfway between an indie rock reckoning and an alt-folk confessional, Mary Eliza’s latest single is feverish, brutally honest, and unapologetically raw. It’s gritty and graceful, sonically charged and charmingly messy.
For three and a half minutes, the Portland-based singer/songwriter sings the quiet part aloud as she candidly confronts deep-seated emotions around a relationship and within herself.
Will you love me until I’m young,
will you love me until I’m old?
Will you love me into somebody I don’t know
I think the house is cold
and you say that it’s not
And I put on all my sweaters
while you try to take them off
Am I as cool as them?
In the summer in a different country
Do you find me interesting anymore?
It’s almost like I’m there,
just staring at a crescent moon
And sniffing out the part of you
that makes me wanna scream
“‘Porcelain’ starts out with a bang, meant to surprise,” Eliza tells Atwood Magazine. “‘Porcelain’ has surprised me from start to finish. I initially wrote it in the snowy, dark days when a relationship of mine was seeming to crumble right in front of me. It started out slow, and timid, as I hadn’t said any of it out loud yet.”
“As the tenderness of the initial seed of song wore off and grew into strength, resilience, and frustration, it began to take new shape. This was a song that I felt really exploded in the studio. Preston Cochran really saw my vision and was able to help me execute it. This song encompasses a lot of growth for me, and I hold it close to my heart.”
Intimacy reigns supreme as Eliza pours her heart out in song through vulnerable lyrics and a deeply emotive performance:
I want to be warm again,
I want to be like you
I’m always in the hospital,
they got zero follow through
You tell me that I’m porcelain
and I know what that means
I don’t want you to feel so scared,
so terrified of me
I want to melt into the rain
that streams down your neck
You’ll think that it’s annoying
‘til there’s none of me that’s left
You’ll wish that you had stayed outside,
but darling, no regrets
I’d take any piece of you
any chance that I can get,
with my talons in your neck
From its dramatic, explosive beginning to its achingly tender, cathartic close, “Porcelain” proves as beautiful as it is brash.
Mary Eliza’s soul-stirring upheaval is the latest look at her upcoming album Spider (independently out January 5th, 2025), and a powerful insight into the tension and turmoil so many of us feel within.
And is this the kind of life
that you always wanted,
always dreamed of
Staring at Seattle from your room
Or did I take too big a bite?
And now you’re not sure what you’re doing
Feels like there’s no food that’s left for you
I want to be in love again,
I want to feel brand new
Put on my favorite dress,
have you spin me round the room
I want to be your best friend
who ruins everything
No matter the occasion,
I’ll bring a boxing ring
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