staring at the grain by wolf peaches published on 2023-02-28T16:41:30Z This tune is a reminder and a plea. Our current economic climate doesn't make it easy for all to step outside and breathe, take notice of the small things and reliece the pressures that exist in our individual worlds. How wild swimming and standing by trees can regulate our vagus nerve, grounding us in our nervous system allowing us to connect with each other, relax. So it's a reminder, that even if accesss is hard, and housing is hard, and everything is hard, get a bit of fresh air, fresh water, when you can, find a plant, even in the most concrete of landscapes there is always a bit of life. Opening with a variation on the Georgian folk song 'ბინდისფერია სოფელი' Bindisperia Sopeli taught to me by @nino.naneishvili Part of the lyrics translates as - The color of the world is twilight, and is getting darker. In an age where it is easier to imagine dystopia than a hopeful future this song really touched on some of what I was feeling whilst writing 'staring at the grain'. Lyrics - Slate and grass and water running fast and o’er over hill, Over hill and to the lake here there will find the freshest fill, Undulating mountains pasture slowly beginning to fade, Hoping that the life clings on here even in the summer’s shade, Our trees are arteries and our trees are arteries Twigs and leaf and bark are witness To the drowning of the hill Over copse and to the vale here We won’t find the waters still, mmm... Beckoning the forest shelters Axed and planed and sawn in shape Sweep away last cherry stones Burn humble hope in fire place Our trees are arteries and our trees are arteries Cos nothing cures delirium like staring at the grain the tiny knotted faces help the trees to explain about their life before the plank, the twisted beech and straightened ash Genre eco folk Comment by BRIXTON ROAD outstanding vocals, i dig this kind of lullaby, great ending 2023-04-20T08:00:34Z Comment by Miaow McDonald wonderful. love this. traditional meets contemporary. amazing vocals. 2023-03-08T09:14:01Z