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lyrics
This Land
Oh the air it is still as time, it’s fragile yet gently breathing
Still are the waters that run ‘tween you and I
And fragile’s this land we made
And heavy’s the price if we turn away
Oh Mother can’t you hear my voice I’m lost between the tides
They’re breaking my body, they’re setting me alight
Oh Mother can’t you see the fires, the Southern sky’s alight
And fierce are the flames that rise
And heavy’s the price for the fires they light
Oh Brother won’t you carry me I’m on my knees again
They’re fighting each other, tearing paradise apart
Oh Sister won’t you shield me as they set themselves on fire
And fierce are the flames that rage
And heavy’s the price for the wars they wage
Oh from where came these lines?
Oh dividing our soil, dividing us all
And the ones determined to fight are the ones who will fall
If we turn on each other there’s more to be lost than your life
Fractured we fall x4
Let us run let us run x 8
And let the ones determined to fight be the ones who stand tall
If we turn on each other there’s more to be lost than one life
credits
from If We Turn Away,
released February 25, 2022
Written by Julu Irvine. 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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