Time goes by so fast that if you blink, you miss it. One day, we are children playing. The next day, adult challenges await. We no longer wonder at the world’s secrets; the feel of grass between our toes, the streetlights turning on at dusk. Aubory Bugg closes her eyes just to see it all again. She beautifully captures that period when we are free to imagine what our lives are and will be. She gently sings, strums, and reminisces.
“i think i had something once” is the first single from the Nashville via Illinois singer-songwriter’s debut, as yet unnamed, album. Bugg has a lovely, lilting voice that conveys both the naiveté of youth and the knowledge of lost innocence. Her quiet style has drawn critical comparisons to Nick Drake and early Joni Mitchell. Bugg is charming without being coy or flirtatious.
This song invites listeners to close their eyes and recall their earlier selves, including the people we once thought we were and would become. And never became. We all had something magical once, maybe. We never totally had or lost it. That’s part of the mystery of life. Aubory Bugg reminds us of this simple fact. We grow old. We never grow old. QED.