We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Pile of Bones

from Murky EP by Samuel Idwal

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Purchasable with gift card

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    The Murky EP on a white disc, packaged in a handmade sleeve cut from cartridge paper, written and decorated by my hands before being tied up. Each sleeve bears a unique design and is numbered for posterity, making each EP individual.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Murky EP via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 2 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      £4 GBP

     

about

The rain on the background of this track is a take from the day we recorded cello and percussion parts, on 26th April 2012. You can even hear the 11.52 train arriving into Durham Station.

lyrics

A galleon in full sail swept out the glassy, handsome bay
As he watched from his spot on the cliff top, he dreamt he saw her wave
“Goodbye, my love!” she’d said, “you know I’m bound for Kathmandu”.
“I’ll wait right here” he replied, “even if it takes a year or two.”

The sunset took place in shades of bloody red and a thunderous, ominous grey
And the wind picked up and howled, and it began to rain
(the grim evening scene reflected his heart)
As he watched the horizon and waited alone in the dark...

Seasons passed and melded with months to form a blurry haze.
He didn't move for care or shelter, just kept his gaze
Fixed on the line where the earth and sky appear to melt.
So seasons passed and life went on but by him it wasn’t felt.

Three years to the day she went away she came back,
Dashed to the spot on the top of the cliff where they’d always met.
But her lover was absent the scene, instead she found
A pile of bones picked clean by carrion and scattered on the ground

A single tear she bore and it was followed by a thousand more:
They fell on the ribs, bleached white in the sun, and a miracle begun

With an unearthly groan a life possessed the bones, tarsals and vertebrae slot into their homes;
The skull clicked in place, ribs realigned, a spiderweb of veins and nerves entwined;
On shaking tibia the skeleton rose, creaking as organs recomposed;
Lungs puffed again, hair grew from the crown, in sinews and tendons the limbs were rebound.
Skin stretched again across his frame, once more the man she loved he became
With lips newly formed he spoke her name; and his eyes were as fire as his soul was remade...

“I knew you’d always come back” he said with a knowing smile, “I heard you tell me so across a thousand miles”
“I was always coming back” she said and held his hand; “now you’ve pulled yourself together, and we're reunited, we can start to live again”.

credits

from Murky EP, released June 13, 2012
Gaia (precipitation)

license

tags

about

Samuel Idwal Leicester, UK

London based singer-songwriter with new EP 'Brightbark' out now. Contact: samuelidwal@gmail.com

contact / help

Contact Samuel Idwal

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Samuel Idwal, you may also like: