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lyrics
Kingfisher
Bright shone the sun on the cold of the canal
With a frost that cracked at our feet
And the sound of the chorus in the early morning dew
Never knowing when we’ll meet again.
Oh how the kingfisher swoops,
Playing chase with a flash and a dive.
We are kindred spirits he and I.
Look to the water,
Look can you see how the skies are clearer now
The fields will start to grow
And the bees will have their day.
Oh how the heron finds a perch
To look out and take it all in
We all need to breathe in.
Chorus
We all need to make a change
One that’s rooted in the ground
And then spring will come again,
Lift us out.
Somewhere in silence we can rest,
Find the answers that we seek
Send the dark clouds away
Let spring begin.
Send the dark clouds away.
Bright shone the sun,
The water it warns us.
With time standing still,
The kingfisher mourns us.
One day I came upon a girl, I asked her who she was
She said, “I’ve lost my way,
And I’m looking for the end”
Then she looked around and saw the water stretching on,
She said, “I’ll take a look,
What could be the harm”
Oh how we all wish we had a map,
That would take us all to the end.
We’ll all wander in the end.
Chorus
credits
from If We Turn Away,
released February 25, 2022
Written by Heg Brignall. Performed and arranged by Julu Irvine and Heg Brignall. Recorded by Lukas Drinkwater at Polyphonic Recording. Mastered by Ian Stephenson. Artwork by Chloe Birnie.
Darling Charms - Would've thought NK would have learned her lesson after the Port 'n' Brandy 😘 xx
This whole EP is bangin' btw. Beautiful work xx Gill Loomes-Quinn
These are very familiar songs. Somehow these arrangements, and their performance, beckon you to hear them as if for the first time. A ‘classic’ version might mean one first heard decades ago. In this case it means one that will surely still be heard decades hence. duncandenis
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