"Twine", the first single released off South for Winter's debut album Luxumbra, is a soothing folk-rock track centered on the love metaphor of a beaver and a sparrow; with the beaver as the homemaker, trying to create a future with the sparrow, while knowing stability will never be what the sparrow wants.
lyrics
TWINE
Written by Dani Cichon and Nick Stone
Copyright 2016, South for Winter
Darling you will go, how I wish you would stay
I’ve made a little home of sticks and clay
Don’t let it wash away
Darling I will love you, even when you leave
I can hear the wind running through the trees
Don’t let it catch your wings
For underneath the night skies, underneath the pines
I hold you, my darling, with a bit of twine
But it don’t make you mine
And underneath the darkness where we lie
We pretend that it won’t soon unwind
For I am not your kind
Darling I can’t fight, just bury it in sand
Hold back all my love, build up this dam
You’ll knock it down again
For underneath the night skies, underneath the pines
I hold you, my darling, with a bit of twine
But it’s oh-so-fine
And underneath the darkness where we lie
We pretend you don’t long for the sky
For I am not your kind, kind, kind
Ooo, no, I am not your kind
Ooo, no, I’m the one that builds, you break, you fly,
Ooo, oh, I am not your one and only
Just a place to call home for the time
No, I am not yours
I am not the one that’ll make you sing
I’ll give you the warmth, the shade, the trees
But that’s not what you need
And underneath the night skies, underneath the pines
I’ll cut you loose, and you’ll take flight
For I am not your kind, kind, kind
Ooo, no, I am not your kind
Ooo, no, and the dam comes down, the rivers rise
Ooo, oh, I am not your
Ooo, oh, ooo, I am not your
Ooo, oh, I am not yours
credits
from Luxumbra,
track released April 12, 2019
Written by Danielle Cichon (ASCAP) and Nicholas Stone (APRA).
LUXUMBRA WAS PRODUCED & MIXED BY MATT LEIGH
ENGINEERED BY BRYCE ROBERTS
MASTERED BY MAURICIO GARGEL
RECORDED & MIXED AT THE TRACKING ROOM IN NASHVILLE TN
COVER ARTWORK BY DERIK HOBBS
DISTRIBUTED BY SYMPHONIC
PUBLISHING: SOUTH FOR WINTER (ASCAP)
CONTRIBUTING MUSICIANS:
CHRIS KEARNEY - DRUMS & PERCUSSION
MATT LEIGH - BASS
GARRY WOOD - MANDOLIN
ALL OTHER MUSIC WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY SOUTH FOR WINTER
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