Listen to this when
It Could Be Sweet
Want it, scared of it, both 🌫️
Who it's for
Beth Gibbons sings of hesitation over a relationship she half wants but isn't sure she can commit to.
Hesitant and torn→Gently accepting of ambivalence
Feelings it meets
What it is
"It Could Be Sweet" is the fourth track on Portishead's 1994 debut album, Dummy. Geoff Barrow and Beth Gibbons wrote it, and it was the first song the band finished for the album. Gibbons sings over Barrow's Rhodes piano in a downbeat, intimate style that matches the album's melancholy, confessional tone.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Age: All ages
Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless?Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XXIII
