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Willows

from Quiet Hum by West My Friend

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    West My Friend's third album, with artwork by Sarah Clement. Produced by David Travers-Smith.

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There’s a ghost at the window but he’s not looking in
He’s a life of his own and he’s aiming to win
While his feet long for vale and the fond warmth within

There’s a camera that’s chasing each one of us around
And yours isn’t worried about me

There’s a phantom who’s writing the script for her day
All the things that they’re thinking, all the things they could say
While there’s a breeze in the willows that was sent just for her

There’s a playground of visions building castles of sand
They’re surveying and reaching for the height of the land
While there’s a friendship that’s stretching out a young empty hand

So I’m counting the sins of the spectres I know
Each one of them hungry as a carrion crow
And I covet their hunger and they places they’ll go

Hear their quiet hum de dum de dum de dum dah
Their song, with their song they say
“We are doing everything we can to be alright.”

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from Quiet Hum, released May 27, 2016

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West My Friend Victoria, British Columbia

In the modern musical landscape, it’s rare to hear something as put-together as three-piece Cascadian folk outfit West My Friend - something so layered, deeply symphonic, baroque, and mysterious in its own winking way while still courting an edge of disaster. Simple is safe, but complex is fiery, intricate, and ultimately more rewarding. ... more

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