here before..

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Vashti Bunyan, from the album "Lookaftering" (2005)

Turning back

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Indifference is the hardest blow
It is the wind and icy snow
That falls on green shoots as they grow
In winter when the spring's too slow

Indifference is the coldest hand
It is the wave that clears the sand
Of castles built by baby hands
Before the gulls come in to land

Indifference is the hardest ground
It is the stony silent sound
Of plainsong echoing unfound
Until the voices have left town..

Vashti Bunyan, from the album "Lookaftering" (2005)

Same but different

Saturday, January 17, 2009

I'm in a boat
On the sea
And I see
You on the shore
So sure
Of yourself

You're in a boat
On the sea
And you see
Me on the shore
So sure
Of myself

We're in a boat
All at sea
And we see
We are the same
The same
But different

Vashti Bunyan, from the album "Lookaftering" (2005)

Window over the bay..

I wish i had a window over the bay
And a black horse grazing on the green all day
I wish i had a well to draw my water from
And a warm log fire for when the summer is gone

I wish i had a window over the bay
And a flock of white sheep to watch from where i lay
I wish i had a little boat bobbing on the deep
And a big wooden table all laid out for tea

I wish i had a window over the bay
And a dreamy eyed cow to fill my milking pail
I wish i had a cockerel to raise me at dawn
And a little bed to sleep in when the curtains are drawn

Vashti Bunyan, from the album "Just Another Diamond Day" (2006)

Winter is blue

Monday, January 28, 2008

Winter is blue

Living is gone

Some are just sleeping

In spring they'll go on

Our love is dead

Nothing but crying

Love will not find even

One more new morning
Why must i stay here?

Rain comes i'm sitting here

Watching love moving

Away into yesterday
Winter is blue

Everything's leaving

Fires are now burning

And life has no reason

I am alone

Waiting for nothing

If my heart freezes

I won't feel the breaking
Why must i stay here?

Rain comes i'm sitting here

Watching love moving

Away into yesterday

Vashti Bunyan
"Winter is blue"