Kacey Musgraves dropped her latest album on Friday, and it includes a sweet nod to her late friend John Prine.
凯茜·马斯格雷夫斯于周五发布了她的最新专辑，其中包括对她已故朋友约翰·普林的甜蜜致敬。

In the zine available for purchase with her new record Deeper Well, out now, Musgraves, 35, reveals that album opener "Cardinal" was inspired by the country icon, who died in April 2020 of complications from Covid-19, writing: "When cardinals appear, angels are near."
35岁的马斯格雷夫斯在与她的新专辑《更深的井》一起出售的杂志中透露，专辑首张《红衣主教》的灵感来自这位乡村偶像，她于2020年4月因Covid-19并发症去世，她写道:“红衣主教出现时，天使就在附近。”

"Unexplainable things started happening and cardinals started showing up on my doorstep soon after my good friend and mentor passed, John Prine," Musgraves writes in the zine. "He always had a big connection to cardinals and felt that they were messengers from the spirit realm. He inspired this song, no doubt."
马斯格雷夫斯在杂志中写道:“不可解释的事情开始发生，在我的好朋友兼导师约翰·普林去世后不久，红衣主教就开始出现在我的家门口。”“他总是与红衣主教有很大的联系，觉得他们是来自精神领域的信使。毫无疑问，他是这首歌的灵感来源。”

"I saw a sign / Or an omen / On the branches / In the mornin' / It was right after I lost a friend / Without warning / Words unsaid / Scarlet red / Cardinal / Are you bringin' me a message from the other side / Cardinal / Are you tellin' me I'm on somebody's mind / Don't leave me behind," Musgraves sings on the track.
马斯格雷夫斯在这首歌中唱道:“我看到了一个征兆/或一个预兆/在树枝上/在清晨/就在我失去了一个朋友/没有警告/未说的话/猩红/红衣主教/你是否从另一边给我带来了信息/红衣主教/你是否告诉我我在某人的脑海里/不要丢下我。”

The lyrics complement the track's otherworldly production, as well as the overall aesthetic of the album, which Musgraves succinctly described as "soft nature cottage witch" to The Cut.
歌词补充了这首歌的超凡脱俗的制作，以及这张专辑的整体美学，马斯格雷夫斯简洁地将其描述为“柔软的自然小屋女巫”。

Musgraves was a longtime fan of Prine before they became friends and collaborators once she found Nashville fame. She joined Prine in 2015 aboard his Cayamo: A Journey Through Song cruise, on which they sang his hits “Illegal Smile” and “Paradise”; and in 2017, they reunited to sing his classic “Angel from Montgomery” at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
马斯格雷夫斯是普林恩的长期粉丝，在她在纳什维尔成名后，他们成为了朋友和合作者。2015年，她加入了普林的“卡亚莫:歌曲之旅”游轮，在游轮上演唱了他的热门歌曲“非法微笑”和“天堂”;2017年，他们在红石圆形剧场重聚，演唱了他的经典歌曲《来自蒙哥马利的天使》。

“John Prine singlehandedly impacted my songwriting more than anyone else. He’s the king of turning phrase but keeping it simple,” Musgraves told PEOPLE in an exclusive statement following his death four years ago. “They say you shouldn’t meet your heroes, but you’ll never meet someone as truly genuine as he was.”
“约翰·普林对我的歌曲创作的影响比任何人都大。马斯格雷夫斯在四年前去世后的一份独家声明中告诉《人物》杂志说:“他是一个善于遣词造句的人。”“他们说你不应该遇到你的英雄，但你永远不会遇到像他那样真诚的人。”

At the time, Musgraves added: “There are two times I’ve ever seen my dad cry: my Memaw’s funeral and the time I got to play with John Prine."
马斯格雷夫斯还说:“我只见过父亲哭过两次:一次是在我奶奶的葬礼上，另一次是我和约翰·普林一起玩的时候。”