I was once set by a new flame
And I was once in charge of the mourning
Since then
I haven’t done a thing
Baby said, “I’m past the waves now
I could call this place my home”
I was the water
She was the song
My urge was tidal
She lives for calm
Baby didn’t look back
Her eyes dead at the track
It was a year of despair and on to greener pastures
I couldn’t react
But I know how the story goes
It’s nothing new to me
It’s not like I don’t see
These patterns of my own
But I don’t belong
Thinking something’s wrong
I’m not here to hunt down any answers
“Fare-thee-well my nightingale
I lived but to be near you
Though you are singing somewhere still
I can no longer hear you”
I was made to roam
The urge is tidal
I was once set by a new flame
And I was once in charge of the mourning
Since then
I can do anything
credits
from The Riverman,
track released April 20, 2018
The following is taken directly from Leonard Cohen's Nightingale:
"Fare thee well my nightingale
I lived but to be near you
Tho' you are singing somewhere still
I can no longer hear you"
The Alabama singer-songwriter may have turned in his guitars for synths and drum machines, but his music is no less personal or incisive. Bandcamp New & Notable May 28, 2019