Continuing with more Scottish-flavour collaborations, more exquisite songs, here by Fife's Kenny Anderson joining forces with the English electronica musician and producer from the 2011 album Diamond Mine. The beauty lies not merely in Creosote's vocals, but also in the fusion of folk and electronica, creating an otherworldly, melancholic, dreamy effect.
[Chorus]
I won't let you fall, as low as I've been
I promise to crawl until I'm back on my feet
If something were wrong, do you think I'd leave?
If something went wrong, don't you know I'd be here?
[Verse 1]
So who's been unfair, who causes you sorrow?
And who's been unkind, who burst you bubble?
And who drags you down, down, down, down?
Who handed out lines? And now I'm in trouble
[Verse 2]
I'll leave you to grieve, tear over my letters
And frenzy the page, rainsquall in all weather
You'll rue your regrets but rub out the present
Hurl abuse at the world, heap scorn upon treasure
[Chorus]
I won't let you fall, as low as I've been
I promise to crawl until I'm back on my feet
If something were wrong, do you think I'd leave?
If something went wrong, don't you know I'd be here?
And I've got silver in my travels
Growing silver in my sideburns, I'm starting to unravel
Heard my heartbeat on a downhill
I counted eighteen on my pulse as Kilrenny Church struck three for three o'clock
What else?
What else?
And you said twelve years in retirement
The hours go by like sips of water, the record lies unbroken
And no doubt it's white flour in my diet
It's going to be the death of me, sweet drumroll for those embittered big ideas
It's such a waste of all that I had
You mentioned bats in the attic
So now you're lifting up the tiles to get around those conservation rules
I walked down to the basement
I'm hanging upside down, a gag across my mealy mouth
And how I'll laugh out loud about that
When I read your simple novel that uses all our real names
And go make yourself a fortune
There's nothing left for us then us left dangling just a little shamefaced
It's such a waste of what we had
And it's such a waste of all that we had
And it's such a waste of all that I am
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