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"Mother Tongue" by @halfwaif from the album 'See You At The Maypole', out now
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Written by Nandi Rose
Produced and recorded by Nandi Rose and Zubin Hensler
Mixed by Zubin Hensler
Vocals and piano: Nandi Rose
Choir: Khorikos
Lyrics
Fierce and failing:
The blue shale.
The shawl on her pale head
Where the hair once fell.
I see it ailing:
The blue whale.
The tremor in the right hand
You could only hide so well.
When the cloud comes and you lose the sun
The history of the river: Just give it time to pass.
It was never ours. It’s only weather.
Red in the water
From the chemical wars. When the cloud comes and you lose the sun
I should be angry Just give it time to pass. It’s only weather.
But I’m just tired.
The red water flowed from me
Before it was a child.
When the cloud comes and you lose the sun,
Just give it time to pass.
Days are fading. When everyth...