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V.
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V. was released on September 27, 2024 by Domino Recording Co as a part of the album Ness
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AlbumNess
Release DateSeptember 27, 2024
LabelDomino Recording Co
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM119

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Hayden Thorpe
Hayden Thorpe
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Hayden Thorpe
Hayden Thorpe
Composer
Robert Macfarlane
Robert Macfarlane
Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Hayden Thorpe
Hayden Thorpe
Producer
Cherif Hashizume
Cherif Hashizume
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
It is surely time to fire
We are down now past the plastic, the sea-coal, the flip-flops
Down through the flints, the quartzite, the hags
And down to the imprint-taking, relic-yielding clay
We are among bracelet clasps, spindle-whorls, a whalebone table
We are among fossils: The mammoths, the turtles, the sharks, the nautilus
The wing bone of the albatross, the ear bone of the eagle ray
[Verse 2]
Song of the bomb, the drifting song
The firing song, the song of the bomb
[Verse 3]
Song of the wren, the devil-bird's song
The firing song, the song of the bomb
[Verse 4]
Song of the spores, the drifting song
The firing song, the song of the bomb
[Verse 5]
Song of the hag, the sea coal song
The firing song, the song of the bomb
[Verse 6]
The song of the bomb, the song of the bomb
The song of the bomb, the song of the bomb
The song of the bomb, the song of the bomb, the song of the bomb
[Verse 7]
His lips are now chert
The slate blue of a peregrine's back and the sea's black before a storm
And his tongue is agate, all the profuse, unearthly colours of agate
I am petrified
[Verse 8]
Oh, happy band of pilgrims, drift upward to the skies
Where such a murmuration shall win so great a prize
Shingle shelter bunker, bunker shelters blast
Dark drifts down
Night flies fast
[Verse 9]
Song of the bomb, the drifting song
The firing song, the song of the bomb
[Verse 10]
Song of the wren, the devil-bird's song
The firing song, the song of the bomb
[Verse 11]
Song of the spores, the drifting song
The firing song, the firing song
The firing song, the firing song
[Verse 12]
Oh, the song of the bomb, the song of the bomb
The song of the bomb, the song of the bomb
The song of the bomb, the song of the bomb
The song of the bomb, the song of the bomb
[Verse 13]
It was all sea once
In a long unbroken line
[Outro]
It was all sea once
It was all sea once
It was all sea once
It was all sea once
It was all sea once
It was all sea once
It was all sea once
It was all sea once
Written by: Hayden Thorpe, Robert Macfarlane
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